Dr. Raphael A Castillo MD
Ophthalmologist
211 Central Park W Suite 2e New York NY, 10024Rating
5/5
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Dr. Raphael Castillo is an ophthalmologist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Castillo specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Castillo can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Castillo can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
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Cataract surgery?
It is unlikely that an antibiotic or a local steroid eyedrop will raise systemic (body) blood pressure, although steroids can raise eye pressure unassociated with blood pressure. NSAIDs are also used but local eyedrops are not concentrated nor potent enough to have a significant effect on systemic blood pressure. Sometimes the dilating drops are short-acting and can have effects on blood pressure but the effects would be negligible and transient because you only have cataract surgery twice in your life. READ MORE
My mother's eyes seem cloudy in color. Why?
In a diabetic with an external cloudy eye, I presume you are describing the cornea, the clear part of the eye that lies over the colored part of the eye. Two main reason are high arcus senilis which can be caused by age or high cholesterol and appears as a cloudy ring around the edge of the cornea. A second and more likely cause is cataract, which would look cloudy when looking into the cornea through the pupil. Less likely causes are growths over the cornea or more involved parenchymal disease of the cornea which would require a detailed examination... Dr. Raphael Castillo READ MORE
What can be the side effect of artificial tear drops?
None, other than initial cloudy vision depending on the thickness of the eyedrops. Dr. Raphael Castillo READ MORE
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