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Comprehensive Eye Exams
Why is an Eye Exam so important?
Routine appointments with your eye doctor is key to improving and keeping your vision strong and healthy. Eye diseases are common and often do not have obvious signs or symptoms, so you might not even know there is an issue until it's too late. Receiving regularly eye exams can allow for early diagnosis and treatment to help preserve your vision.
In addition, our doctors have the ability to detect other health conditions including (but not limited to) high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. As you can see, maintaining visits with your optometrist is a great way to stay in control of your overall health.
What tests are performed?
The examination includes tests to evaluate visual acuity (sharpness), depth perception, eye alignment, eye movement, visual field defects, and color vision deficiencies. A refraction is performed to determine the prescription and as well as a review of the overall health of the eyes. Eye drops may be used to make your pupils larger so your eye doctor can better see inside your eyes and check for signs of health problems.
New to our office as of August 2023!
During your comprehensive annual eye exam, the optomap® ultra-widefield retinal exam can be utilized to monitor for ocular complications including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and retinal holes or detachments. These problems can develop without warning and sometimes with no signs or symptoms.
This advanced technology also allows your doctor to see small details that can assist with detecting systemic problems such as
diabetes, hypertension, cancer/tumors, auto-immune disorders, and others.
The optomap® Retinal Exam:
- Is as fast as taking a picture.
- DOES NOT REQUIRE DILATING DROPS. You may not need to be dilated at your visit, potentially eliminating a 30-minute wait and avoiding side effects such as blurry vision and light sensitivity.
- Saved in your file enabling our doctors to make important comparisons during your annual eye exam.
Our doctors strongly believe that the
optomap® ultra-widefield retinal exam is an essential part of your comprehensive eye exam and prescribes it for all patients, young and old, once per year.
It is our belief that an eye exam without this element is incomplete.
Contact Lens Fittings & Exams
Management of Ocular Diseases
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
Eye Emergencies
Skip the visit to the physician's office
Many patients are unaware that their local optometrist is actually the first place they should see when dealing with an eye emergency. Our highly skilled doctors are trained to provide care for these eye urgencies.
- Eye infection
- Foreign object removal
- Uncomfortable, painful, eye irritation
- Red, itchy eyes
- Scratched eye
