Full Eye Exam
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Full Eye Exam -
Full Eye Exam
Your eyes are the windows to your overall health. Eye exams can uncover underlying and life-threatening health issues, such as a stroke, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, some cancers, brain injuries, and neurological conditions.
During a comprehensive exam, the optometrist assess the case history, quality of vision, external health of the eyes, internal health of your eyes, ability of the eyes to adjust focus, eye movement, eye coordination, and peripheral vision. In addition, colour vision and depth perception may also be evaluated.
If a problem is detected, treatment and management options will be provided accordingly, such as with glasses, contact lenses, exercise, medication or surgery.
A comprehensive eye exam provides the full assurance of vision and eye health.
Visual Acuity Test
A visual acuity test is an eye exam that checks how well you see the details of a letter or symbol from a specific distance.
Visual acuity refers to your ability to discern the shapes and details of the things you see. It’s just one factor in your overall vision. Others include color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Visual Field Test
As you focus on the words in this article, how much can you see out of the corners of your eyes? Can you tell what's happening in your surroundings?
Your visual field is how wide of an area your eye can see when you focus on a central point. Visual field testing is one way your ophthalmologist measures how much vision you have in either eye, and how much vision loss may have occurred over time.
Glaucoma Test
Glaucoma tests can determine whether the optic nerve is damaged, which may cause vision problems. An ophthalmologist may recommend a combination of quick, painless procedures.
Tests include angle test, corneal thickness test, dilated eye exam, eye pressure check, optic nerve imaging and visual field testing.
Color Vision Test
A color vision test, also known as the Ishihara color test, measures your ability to tell the difference among colors. If you don’t pass this test, you may have poor color vision, or your doctor may tell you that you’re color blind.
However, being truly color blind is a very rare condition in which you’re only able to see shades of gray.
Contact Lens Evaluation
When you go in for a contact lens exam, you can expect the doctor to ask some questions about your lifestyle to determine if you’re a good candidate for contacts and to provide a recommendation on dailies, weeklies or monthlies.
You should also expect the doctor to measure the health and curvature of your cornea and possibly the size of your pupil. All these measurements will help the doctor prescribe the right size lenses. In certain instances, you might also have to undergo a tear evaluation.
During this test, the doctor is looking for signs of dry eyes, which could limit the amount of time you should be wearing contact lenses.