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Elevating Women’s Wellness is a bi-weekly series of interviews with female regulated healthcare providers in Sault Ste. Marie about relevant women’s health topics. Hosted by Dr. Tara Guzzo, N.D., R.Ac..
Ladies, you are invited to join the free Facebook group, the Resilience Reset Community for Women where we are fostering connection and building resilience as we journey together through this series and beyond: Exclusive series-related content will be released in this community. Join us!
Self-care is a frequent theme throughout the interviews. As a free gift to accompany the series, you can download your copy of “Maximum Resilience: 101 Self-Care Activities Guide”: Inspiration is great, but inspiration with action is so much better! Use this guide to implement self-care strategies mentioned by the women in healthcare interviewed in this series.
Episode 12: Maintaining Eye Health with Dr. Krista Bruni
In this episode, we discuss the most common sight-threatening diseases in women. Dr. Krista Bruni also shares how hormones and stress impact eye health. Topics covered include:
• Which key aspects of eye health your optometrist is looking for beyond vision
• What the risk factors are for dry eye
• What common times in a woman’s life her eye health may change
• Why it’s important to have regular eye exams and get checked if new eye symptoms appear
• What glaucoma is and why it’s diagnosed before any symptoms show up
• What treatment options your optometrist can offer for glaucoma
• What wet and dry macular degeneration look like in the eye
• How an optometrist and opthamologist may work together for your best care
• Why women need to put their needs first with eye health
• What behaviours you can engage in consistently to protect your eyes
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