Thousands of people living in the Orlando/Lake Nona area have vision problems every year. Unfortunately, some of them can lead to permanent vision loss, while others can be easily corrected. A comprehensive eye exam from the professionals at Lake Nona Eye Care can ensure your eyes are healthy and detect many eye and health related issues before they become big problems.
A vision exam, possibly done by a doctor or school nurse, often times uses a Snellen chart to check a patients visual acuity, for both seeing up close and at a distance. But this is just a small part of a comprehensive eye exam
A comprehensive eye exam includes a key element, dilation, a painless procedure that allows a professional to see into eye and detect eye diseases and health issues, many of which don’t have early warning signs, diabetes related eye problems, tumors, high blood pressure, macular degeneration, detached retina, cataracts, and infections.
According to the National Eye Institute, “Dilation is an important part of a comprehensive eye exam because it enables your eye care professional to view the inside of the eye. Drops placed in each eye widen the pupil, which is the opening in the center of the iris (the colored part of the eye). Dilating the pupil allows more light to enter the eye the same way opening a door allows light into a dark room. Once dilated, each eye is examined using a special magnifying lens that provides a clear view of important tissues at the back of the eye, including the retina, the macula, and the optic nerve.”
A comprehensive eye exam also includes, patient history, visual acuity, preliminary tests (depth perception, muscle movements, peripheral vision), keratometry, refraction, eye focusing, eye teaming and eye movement test, eye health evaluation (tonometry measures eye pressure, evaluation of the retina and lens).
Early diagnosis and treatment of an eye condition can make all the difference, it all starts by contacting Lake Nona Eye Care for an appointment.