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August 31, 2020

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Did you know that many people first learn they have serious health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and even cancer from yes, you guessed right, A ROUTINE EYE EXAM.

Never underestimate the importance of routine check ups, during the routine eye examination we can detect serious eye diseases like Glacouma which normally does not come up with warning symptoms..your eye specialist be your optician,optometrist or opthlmologist will detect some of the diseases on time before affecting your eye sight.

Why go for eye test?

Eye examinations may detect potentially treatable blinding eye diseases, ocular manifestations of systemic disease, or signs of tumours or other anomalies of the brain.

A full eye examination consists of an external examination, followed by specific tests for visual acuity, pupil function, extraocular muscle motility, visual fields, intraocular pressure and ophthalmoscopy through a dilated pupil.

A minimal eye examination consists of tests for visual acuity, pupil function, and extraocular muscle motility, as well as direct ophthalmoscopy through an undilated pupil.

Who should go for for a eye check?

Everybody, children, adults young and old should always have their eyes check yearly.

How often should you go for a eye test?

To maintain a lifetime of healthy vision or eyesight, adults ages 18 to 60 should have a comprehensive eye exam at least every two years. Older adults (age 61 and older) should have annual exams. “At risk” adults such as hypertensives and diabetics should have more frequent exams.

Eye conditions that can be detected from routine eye examination

Myopia
Hyperopia
Presbyopia
Amblyopia
Diplopia
Astigmatism
Strabismus
Glaucoma
Cancers like retinoblastoma especially in children

What your eye doctor usually check for during you eye clinic visit

1. Vision – visual acuity

2. Refraction

3. Intraocular pressure (tonometry) to check for glaucoma. The normal range of eye pressure is 10-21 mmHg. Increased eye pressure can lead to blindness even without prior notice.

4. Ocular motility – to check the function of your eye muscles to rule out strabismus

5. Retina examination through fundoscopy. Fundoscopy helps your eye doctor to view the back of your yes so as to examine retinal bloods bloods and check for retina tumours. Ophthalmoscopy or fundoscopy is a very important test for diabetics and hypertensives.

6. Slit lamp test

7. Gonioscopy

8. External eye examination that involves assessing the conjunctiva, cornea sclera, eye lids etc

9. OCT eye test :

OCT stands for Optical Coherence Tomography. Simply put, the OCT is a non-invasive tool that “takes pictures of the back of your eye.” OCT eye check tests for the function of the optic nerve and the well being of your retina. According to a renown ophthalmologist, Dr Dan Siapco “The OCT is an excellent way to visualize the different layers of the retina and optic nerve in a living eye.

The OCT permits us to diagnose many eye conditions, including glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and various retinal an macular issues. It is somewhat expensive since it is a new technology in Nigeria.