As the summer sun gets brighter and stronger, you may realize that you need a new pair of sunglasses. However, you don’t want just any pair of sunnies. Whether you need shades for fishing out on the lake, reading a…
This week, May 24th-28th, is BHVI’s Myopia Awareness Week! Myopia is the most common eye problem in the world, as it currently affects about 30% of the global population. In fact, it’s increasing worldwide at such a rapid pace…
Spring has sprung – that means eye allergies are back, too! Seasonal eye allergies are common and can occur in spring, summer, and/or fall. The cause of these allergies is pollen from trees, grass, and/or weeds. Allergy symptoms can…
It sounds funny, but sometimes it can be hard to tell what an ocular emergency is. If you don’t want to go to the emergency room right now but you’re not sure if you’re experiencing an ocular emergency, we can…
February is famously known as the home of Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day, but it’s also less commonly known as American Heart Month and, to those in the optometry realm, Macular Degeneration Awareness Month. Macular degeneration has its own month…
Watery and itchy eyes? Stuffy nose? Can’t stop sneezing? Welcome to Spring and Summer! Spring in Wisconsin is every season possible rolled into one week. If you do not like the weather, wait five minutes, it will change. Just a…
Sun’s out guns out! Only in Wisconsin can you rock out shorts and sandals in the 60-degree sunny weather as you walk by snow banks. True story! My 2-year-old son was sporting snow boots and a t-shirt. So, what?! It’s…
Remember ROY G BIV? That guy who…. No, no! It’s the rainbow! Red, Orange, Yellow (or as my 2-year-old son Maks says “ya ya”), Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Since you can see things that are blue, like Mr. ROY,…
