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A three-hour discussion on the latest Advances in Diagnosing and treating eye disease
I. What is Integrative Medicine?
a. Principles of Integrative Medicine
b. How does this fit with Optometry?
II. Nutraceuticals
a. What is a Nutraceutical?
b. Herbal Supplements
c. Visual Impairments
d. Diseases and Nutraceuticals
i. Dry Eye Syndrome
ii. Macular Degeneration
iii. Cataracts
III. Incidence of Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) in the general population
IV. Why should Optometrists be concerned about DES?
a. Frequent complaint
b. Contact lens related
c. Computer usage
V. Differentiation of DES vs. Allergy
VI. Causes of DES
a. Computer Vision Syndrome
b. Working Environment
c. Age/Sex
d. Contact Lenses
e. Medications- systemic and ocular
f. Chronic diseases
VII. Tear Film Biochemistry
VIII. Testing for DES
a. TBUT
b. Shirmer’s
c. Zone Quick
d. Blink Rate
e. Rose Bengal
f. Lissamine Green
g. Micro-assay
h. Tear Protein
i. IgE
IX. Tear BUT and Blink Rate
a. Maintain integrity of tear film
b. Decreased blink rate
c. Staining methods
X. Traditional DES therapy
a. Artificial tears
b. Punctual plugs
c. Lipid layer dysfunction
d. Epithelial surface
XI. New Developments in Treatment
a. Anti-evaporatives
b. Seretagogues
c. Micromimetics
d. Anti-inflammatories / Immunosuppressants
e. Homeopathics
f. Oral Nutraceuticals
g. Autologous serum tears
XII. Nutritional Support and Herbals
XIII. Treatment Options- Overview
a. Type of Product
b. Action
c. Cost
d. Effectiveness
XIV. Overview of Macular Degeneration
a. Demographics of the condition
b. Types of ARMD
c. Predisposing Factors
d. Progression of AMD
e. Blue light controversy
XV. Traditional Medical Treatments
a. Amsler Grid- not a treatment
b. Visudyne
c. Macugen
d. Retaane
e. Radiation
f. Laser
g. Rheophoresis
XVI. Recent Nutritional Research
a. The AREDS Study
b. The LAST Study
c. Homocysteine Study
d. Carotenoid Studies
e. Phototrope Study
XVII. Cataracts
a. Definition
b. Lens nutrients
c. N-acetylcarnosine
d. Homeopathic
XVIII. Latest Advances in Nutritional Treatments
a. Macula Complete
b. Zinc
c. Specific vitamins
d. Bioflavonoids
e. Bilberry
f. Antioxidants
g. Multiple vitamins and minerals