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Dr. Yevgeniy Sychev, M.D.
Ophthalmologist
Dr. Yevgeniy Sychev is an ophthalmologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Sychev specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Sychev 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. Sychev 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.
13 years
Experience
Dr. Yevgeniy Sychev, M.D.
- Anoka, MN
- Washington University
- Accepting new patients
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Myopia and Floaters?
Whereas I cannot make any assessments or recommendations in your particular case, in general, floaters are a common complaint that patients bring up in the retina clinic. While READ MORE
Whereas I cannot make any assessments or recommendations in your particular case, in general, floaters are a common complaint that patients bring up in the retina clinic. While floaters can be a symptom of a serious eye disease, often floaters are benign. Floaters tend to be more common in nearsighted people. A dilated eye exam should help distinguish benign floaters from floaters arising in the setting of a serious eye disease.
How does having diabetes affect your vision long-term?
Hello, thank you for the question. Diabetes can cause diabetic retinopathy, which can be progressive and even cause blindness if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. It is READ MORE
Hello, thank you for the question. Diabetes can cause diabetic retinopathy, which can be progressive and even cause blindness if not diagnosed and treated appropriately. It is often a painless condition and patients often are not aware of having it until it progresses to vision loss. It's important that patients with diabetes have regular dilated screening eye exams and seek care from a retinal surgeon once diabetic retinopathy develops, especially if it's progressive.
Will my son's diabetes affect his vision?
Thank you for your question. A doctor cannot answer questions regarding your son's health unless they have seen and evaluated him. However, in general, diabetes can cause diabetic READ MORE
Thank you for your question. A doctor cannot answer questions regarding your son's health unless they have seen and evaluated him. However, in general, diabetes can cause diabetic retinopathy which can lead to vision loss, therefore, patients with diabetes should have regular dilated screening exams so that the disease is diagnosed early and treated appropriately.
