Northglenn optometry
It’s very important to get an annual comprehensive eye examination. Comprehensive eye exams involve several different tests that together provide your eye doctor with a complete picture of the eye and vision health. This gives an eye doctor like ours at our
Northglenn optometry practice the opportunity to diagnose and treat vision problems, eye diseases and/or conditions early.
The comprehensive eye exam is an essential tool that enables a professional eye doctor like ours at our Northglenn optometry practice, Family Eyecare of Brighton to detect serious eye diseases and conditions early which will allow for early treatment. Early treatment is the key to stopping conditions from getting worse. This helps provide patients with better outcomes. The eye doctor performs a series of tests during the comprehensive eye examination which include: slit lamp, refraction assessment, visual acuity test, indirect ophthalmoscopy and tonometry. The slit lamp test utilizes a tool that enables the eye doctor to get a 3D magnified view of the front parts of your eyes and a view of the structures of the eye, including: the retina, the optic nerve and the drainage angle. It’s done in order to detect eye problems early and to guide treatment if any are discovered. Some of the problems it can help detect include but are not limited to: cataracts, conjunctivitis, glaucoma and macular degeneration. A refraction assessment checks for refraction errors such as farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism. It’s also done to determine what prescription a patient would need for eyeglasses or contact lenses. A visual acuity test is utilized to determine the smallest letters one can read on an eye chart from 20 feet away compared to the majority of people. 20/20 vision is considered excellent vision. During the Indirect ophthalmoscopy test, the eye doctor utilizes a special instrument in order to examine the interior of the eye for the purpose of diagnosing retinal tears, holes and detachments. Tonometry is used to check the intraocular pressure & to detect if glaucoma is present.
If you’re due for your eye exam, don’t hesitate. Contact our
Northglenn optometry office to book your appointment.
By Family Eyecare of Brighton
July 16, 2018
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