It is not uncommon for us to see patients who experience
vision and eye problems from having suffered a stroke. These can often include
double vision, loss of peripheral vision and even loss of sections of their
visual field which can affect safe comfortable mobility, and sometimes just
reduced vision. It is important, and we tell patients, that recovering from a stroke doesn’t end with the first weeks of
acute care and the period of functional rehabilitation that follows. Negative
effects of a stroke can present themselves well past the initial event. In
healthy older adults, exercise training and a social network that allows both
intellectual and social engagement have been shown to be effective measures for
helping recovery from a stroke. Using your eyes and vision may be fatiguing
even for normal recreational activities but is very important to recovery.
If you or someone you know has had a stroke and needs an eye exam we are
happy to help. Please call us at
800-325-3937, visit D’Ambrosio
Eye Care, Google+
or facebook.com/dambrosioeyecare so that we can help.
D'Ambrosio
Eye Care provides eye care for patients throughout greater Boston, central and
western Massachusetts with office locations at 479 Old Union Turnpike,
Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523, 865 Merriam Avenue, Suite 119, Leominster,
Massachusetts 01453, 100 Powder Mill Road, Acton, Massachusetts 01720, 413 Main
Street, Athol, Massachusetts 01331 and 74 Main Street, Gardner, Massachusetts
01440.
