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EMERGENCY EYE CARE

At the offices of Dr. Douglas Ayre we are here to help with ALL of your emergency eye needs.

We encourage all of our current and future patients to begin at our office for all emergency eye care as we are uniquely equipped as eye doctors to accurately and quickly diagnose, treat, and triage your condition.

Dr. Ayre’s personal cell is 620-285-5431 and he will gladly take your call afterhours to discuss any eye emergency your may have. Dr. Ayre is also the staff Optometrist at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital so any visit to the ER will likely end up at our office if it can’t be solved in the ER.

If you are in need of emergency eye care, it just makes sense to start with an eye specialist to save both time and money.

EMERGENCY EYE CARE INCLUDES:

Sudden vision loss
Sudden onset of double vision
Flashing lights or floaters
Trauma to the eye
Eye pain
Red eyes
Foreign bodies to the eyes
Ocular burns

FOREIGN BODIES TO THE EYES

Another area our doctors are skilled in is the removal of ocular foreign bodies. It is important to flush your eye immediately should something blow up into your eye. Leaving bits of metal on the cornea can lead to rust forming around the object in the corneal tissue. If the metal sits in the cornea too long once before the object is removed, many times the doctor will have to debride or polish the ocular surface with a drill called an Alger Brush. The sooner we can remove the offending object, the less likely the doctors will have to perform this additional step.

In his career, Dr. Ayre has removed literally hundreds of foreign bodies from patients in distress. Rest assured you will be cared for with a steady hand, fast service, the standard of care in post-operative management included Bandage Contacts, Combination Antibiotics, and Amniotic Membranes when necessary.

Dr. Ayre’s personal cell is 620-285-5431.

COMPLICATIONS WITH CONTACTS

One of the more common conditions we note are complications associated with contact lens wearers. While sleeping in your contact lenses might be FDA-approved, it also can lead to many more complications with the eyes. One of the most serious of these is a corneal ulcer. In most cases, we can treat these with topical antibiotics and steroids you can get from your local pharmacy. The more advanced cases require fortified antibiotics specially made for the infection, and these can be costly and can only be done at a few select pharmacies in the area. As with everything else, the earlier we can catch and begin treatment on these conditions, the less likely they are to lead to long-term damage and scarring.

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Eyecare of Great Bend

713 McKinley St
Great Bend, Kansas 67530

P: (620) 792-3535

F: (620) 792-3536

Larned Eye Health

722 Mann Ave

Larned, Kansas 67550

P: (620) 285-2105

F: (620) 285-7236

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EYECARE OF GREAT BEND

713 McKinley St

Great Bend, Kansas 67530

P: (620) 792-3535

F: (620) 792-3536

LARNED EYE HEALTH

722 Mann Ave

Larned, Kansas 67550

P: (620) 285-2105

F: (620) 285-7236

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