Dr William Boothe

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) - Hereditary degeneration of the retina. It usually leads to legal blindness by progressively reducing peripheral vision. There are three main forms:

* dominant, where about half of the family members develop the disease.
* X-linked, for which the females are carriers and males develop the disease in alternating generations.
* recessive, where there is no family history of the disease, but it occurs on occasion.

Rigid Gas-Permeable (RGP) Contact Lenses - Also known as Gas-Permeable (GP) or oxygen-permeable contact lenses. Contact lenses which allows air to pass through them. They are hard, but more flexible than the older-style “hard” contact lenses which were used before 1971. They contain silicone, which is flexible and since it allows oxygen to pass through it, these lenses are more comfortable and healthier for the eye, which needs lots of oxygen.

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Vision Therapy - A way of treating vision disorders usually prescribed and planned by an optometrist to improve weak visual skills. It is thought that there are twenty visual skills, such as accommodation, peripheral vision, spatial relations, visual memory and visualization. When one or more of these skills is weak or non-existent, many activities can be impaired, like sports, computer work, and reading. Vision therapy was practiced in Europe in the mid-1800s and began in the U.S. in 1928 by an optometrist. Other names for vision therapy are: eye exercises, visual training, and orthoptics.

Dr William Boothe Surgeon

: argon laser - Laser light produced from argon gas.
The main wavelengths are 488.0 nm blue and 514.5 nm pea green light, but nine separate wavelengths in the blue-green visible light spectrum are produced.
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