Macular Degeneration Treatment, Macular Degeneration Vitamins & Retina Care in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages and Clearwater
Written by Dr Michael Lange on July 17, 2011
Macular Degeneration Treatment, Macular Degeneration Vitamins & Retina Care in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages and Clearwater
Macular degeneration research at Lange Eye Care in Ocala, Florida, is using the latest in nutrition and vitamins for macular degeneration.
Topcon® 3D OCT, a new technology at Lange Eye Care. The New Topcon OCT enables the doctors at Lange Eye Care to have the most advanced diagnostic technology to aid them in making the most accurate and early diagnosis of diseases of the eye. This technology will help to detect vision threatening diseases much earlier and thus initiate treatment earlier for a better visual outcome.
If you are looking for the very latest in macular degeneration treatment and macular degeneration surgery, Lange Eye Care in Ocala and Gainesville may be what you are looking for. Ocala retina care and Gainesville retina care has many different options. If you have macular degeneration, think very carefully where you want to go.
What is Macular Degeneration?
What is macular degeneration? Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision impairment and legal blindness in the United States after the age of 55. Much of this progressive vision loss is unnecessary! The typical American is eating a diet that is convenient and quick. These foods are high in omega six, low in omega three, high in saturated fat, high in sugar, high in salt and overly processed and preserved. Americans are rapidly becoming an obese nation due to their poor dietary habits and sedimentary lifestyle. The foods are nutrient depleted and therefore the vast majority of the population is becoming sluggish and tired with no energy and as a result is becoming over weight. Obesity is a cause for many systemic diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, elevated homocystein and elevated C-reactive protein. All of these are modifiable risk factors for macular degeneration.
Dry Macular Degeneration Treatment in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages
Patients with macular degeneration need to see a doctor that is in tune with the latest in nutrition that will help their patient become proactive in their current and future health. Many patients when counseled on proper nutrition and lifestyle adjustments can actually slow down the degenerative aspects of macular degeneration. Dry macular degeneration treatment now consists of eye vitamins, lifestyle and dietary adjustments. The combinations of these three are considered treatment for dry macular degeneration.
Nutritional Retina Care in Ocala
Fourier Domain OCT – Optical Coherence Tomography. This new technology commonly known as Fourier Domain OCT or Spectral Domain OCT makes it possible to visualize large areas of the retina, significantly enhancing OCT’s diagnostic utility. Lange Eye Care is the only optical group to have this technology in the five county radius.
Lange Eye Care has doctors on staff who are in tune with all the latest in nutritional intervention and lifestyle modifications for macular degeneration. Many of the doctors at Lange Eye Care are involved in macular degeneration research using the latest in proper nutrition and vitamins for macular degeneration. Nutritional retina care in Ocala is an area that Dr. Lange and his staff of optometrists and ophthalmologists are involved in. Dr. Lange states, “I have also seen many patients actually improve when their diet, supplements and lifestyles are adjusted.”
New Treatment for Macular Degeneration
It takes discipline for a patient to follow the appropriate dietary and lifestyle modification plan. Dr. Lange likes to start out with a complete nutritional blood test (SpectraCell) that looks at all blood chemistries and also looks for any nutritional deficiency a patient may have. He also likes to get a vitamin D, 25-OH blood test and an omega-3 /omega-6 blood test. The combination of these tests will enable the doctor to develop a customized nutrition plan that is individualized for each patient based on scientific objective data. If the patient is put on a proper diet and/or supplement plan many of their nutritional deficiencies will resolve. This is crucial for great retina care in Ocala, Dr. Lange asserts. These nutritional deficiencies are corrected, then systemic health issues that are risks for macular degeneration may start to resolve. The staff at Lange Eye Care and Dr. Michael Lange have been using this philosophy for many years with great success when dealing with macular degeneration patients in Ocala and Gainesville.
Macular Degeneration Vitamins
Omega-3, B-12, glutathione and vitamin D-3 deficiencies are quite prevalent in the macular degeneration population in the Ocala and Gainesville areas. All four of these deficiencies are modifiable risk factors that can be changed very quickly with proper diet and supplements without using medication. Once these deficiencies are corrected we see pro inflammatory omega-6, arachidonic acid and C-reactive protein levels improving. Many patients will also notice an improvement in their cholesterol, homocystein and triglycerides once these nutritional deficiencies are eliminated. When the nutritional deficiencies start to resolve the patient will have more energy and a better sense of well being. These improvements will enable them to start a more vigorous exercise routine of both cardio and weight bearing exercises that will improve circulation to the eye and entire body and aid in this nutritional rehabilitation.
Sleep Deprivation, Inflammation and Stress
One more very important part to the equation for macular degeneration patients is proper amount of sleep. Sleep deprivation is another cause of inflammation and the build up of a stress hormone called cortisol in the body. “The proper amount of sleep combined with nutritional rehabilitation is very powerful at quelling the fires of inflammation in the body,” says Dr. Michael Lange, optometrist and nutrition specialist with Lange Eye Care. Proper nutrition, exercise and proper sleep act synergistically at promoting good overall health and good ocular health. These combinations can be considered a form of treatment for macular degeneration. Dr. Lange states, “Macular degeneration treatment doesn’t always entail medications, injections and surgery.”
Vitamins for Macular Degeneration
Vitamins for macular degeneration are becoming mainstream and treatment of choice for the dry form of macular degeneration. Eye vitamins should be recommended by the doctor once a diagnosis of macular degeneration is made. The eye care provider needs to work very closely with the patient’s primary care physician, internist and cardiologist to complete the team approach of total health care for each patient. The eye is the window to the body and only the optometrist or ophthalmologist is trained at looking carefully at the structures inside the eye. The optometrist and ophthalmologist can look at the vascular and nerve networks in the eye and see how systemic disease, medication and diet can have profound effects.
Macular Degeneration Research
The Lange Eye Institute in The Villages, Florida
So who better than your eye doctor to help you to plan a total program for you to combat against free radical damage in the eye and body? Lange Eye Care and Associates was one of the first eye care centers in the country to utilize the very latest in intracellular nutritional blood analysis and genetic testing to help macular degeneration patients. Dr. Michael Lange and many of the doctors on staff at Lange Eye Care are involved in nutritional studies using the latest in nutritional rehabilitation for macular degeneration patients. Patients with retinal disease travel from hundreds and thousands of miles away to come to The Lange Eye Institute in The Villages, Florida, for the latest in nutrition for macular degeneration. Ocala, Florida, is the home of Lange Eye Care, and this is where this form of prevention for macular degeneration began. Patients with macular degeneration have been going to Lange Eye Care for almost twenty years to gain valuable insight into the very latest in macular degeneration treatment in Ocala, The Villages or Gainesville.
Providing Expert Retina Care in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages and All Surrounding Areas
Whether the need is nutritional, medical or surgical, the experts in retina care in Ocala at Lange Eye Care are available seven days a week. Dr. Michael Lange started his first eye care center in Ocala, Florida, in March 1993 and his nutrition based philosophy has taken Lange Eye Care to nine locations in Florida and is now one of the largest privately owned eye care centers in Florida. Retina care in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages and all surrounding areas is something Lange Eye Care takes seriously. “You only have one set of eyes, so take care of them,” is Dr. Lange’s philosophy.
“Ask the Doctor”
Dr. Michael Lange is an endless crusader when it comes to educating the public as well as doctors. He can be heard daily on his syndicated talk show dispensing valuable information about eye health and total body health on “Ask the Doctor,” a popular talk show he has been hosting since 1993. He is also an avid lecturer to the public as well as to doctors at conferences; he is involved in many clinical studies utilizing the latest in technology to help the macular degeneration patients.
Early Detection of Macular Degeneration
All of the Lange Eye Care locations offer the most advanced technology to diagnose, follow and treat macular degeneration patients. This technology allows for very careful and accurate observation of retinal health. The key with macular degeneration is early detection. Once macular degeneration is detected then the appropriate customized plan can be developed for each patient. If you are looking for doctors that are trained in the very latest in prevention and treatment for macular degeneration in Ocala, Gainesville, The Villages, Williston, Inverness, Summerfield, Clearwater or surrounding areas come to one of the many Lange Eye Care locations.
Macular degeneration treatment in Ocala and retina care in Ocala is on SR 200 across from the Paddock Mall at Lange Eye Care Ocala. All of the newest technology for retina care in Ocala is available in both Ocala locations, the main office across from the mall and the West Ocala office in Triple Crown Plaza next to Oak Run. If you want to know about the very latest in macular degeneration treatment in Ocala then come to Lange Eye Care. Call 352 237 3768 or go to www.drmichaellange.com, or www.langeyecare.com.
Eye Vitamins for Macular Degeneration
Dr. Michael Lange is also the founder and lead researcher for Fortifeye Vitamins, www.fortifeye.com. Fortifeye Vitamins is involved in the latest nutritional research for macular degeneration. Fortifeye Vitamins and Dr Michael Lange are utilizing the latest in intracellular blood studies to develop better and more bio-available vitamins for macular degeneration. Currently Fortifeye Macular Defense is being used by thousands of doctors and patients in an effort to slow down the visually devastating effects of macular degeneration. Patients can come to any Lange Eye Care location in Florida or call toll free 1 866 503 9746 to order one of the Fortifeye formulations.
Why wait? Call for an appointment for your macular degeneration treatment today!
Lange Eye Care Locations
Gainesville Office
Lange Eye Care and Associates
3968 SW Archer Road W101
Gainesville, Florida 32608
Phone: 352-376-6622
Ocala Office
Lange Eye Care and Associates
3101 SW College Road
Ocala, Florida 34474
Phone: 352-237-3768
Triple Crown Plaza Office
Lange Eye Care and Associates
11100 SW 93rd Court Road
Suite 15
Ocala, Florida 34481
Phone: 352-291-2000
Summerfield Office
Lange Eye Care Vision Outlet Center
Unit #604 Highway 441S
Summerfield, Florida
Phone: 352-307-3273
Inverness Office
Lange Eye Care and Associates
3808 E. Gulf to Lake Highway
Inverness, FL 34453
Phone: 352-344-5110
Clearwater Offices
Lange Eye Care Optical Gallery & LASIK Center
23666 U. S. Highway 19 North
Clearwater, FL 33765
Phone: 727-791-1214
Lange Sun and Nutrition Center
2551 Drew Street
Suite 302
Clearwater, FL 33765
Phone: 727-216-6275
Williston Office
Lange Eye Care And Associates
129 S. W. 7th Street
Williston, FL 32696
Phone: 352-528-0433
The Villages Office
Lange Eye Institute
466 and CR101
The Villages, Florida
Phone: 352-753-4014
More information: Dr. Michael P. Lange is a Board Certified Optometric Physician and a Certified Nutrition Specialist who started Lange Eye Care and Associates in Ocala, Florida, in March 1993. Lange Eye Care has grown to nine locations throughout the state of Florida with three Lasik centers. The Lange Eye Institute at The Villages in central Florida is home base for many of the nutritional studies that Fortifeye is involved in. Dr. Lange is one of the first doctors in the industry to utilize intracellular blood tests and blood absorption studies to improve the Fortifeye vitamin line. Dr. Lange travels the world for nutritional research gathering valuable information to continuously improve Fortifeye vitamin formulations. Dr. Lange is still involved in the clinical practice of eyecare. He is a guest lecturer, contributing author to many eyecare magazines, and a daily syndicated talk show host of ‘Ask The Doctor’ which broadcasts every weekday at 9am and Saturdays at 2pm from Tampa Bay on radio stations throughout the country and video streaming all over the world via the Internet.
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