SERVICES
- Comprehensive Eye Exam
- Children's Eye Exams
- Corrective Surgery Co-Management
- Medical Eye Emergency Care
Interested in more information? Scroll down for details about the services we offer.
Comprehensive Eye
Exam
A comprehensive eye exam includes a number of tests and procedures to examine and evaluate the health of your eyes and the quality of your vision. These tests range from simple ones, like having you read an eye chart, to complex tests, such as using a high-powered lens to examine the health of the tissues inside of your eyes.
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Eye care experts recommend you have a complete eye exam every one to three years, depending on your age, risk factors, and physical condition.
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All of our eye exams include the most technologically advanced procedures available, including;
- Humphrey Matrix Visual Field
- iWellness SD OCT
- Retinoscopy
- Refraction
- Autorefractor and Aberrometers
- Cover Test
- Slit-Lamp Examination
- Tonometry (Glaucoma Testing)
- Pupil Dilation
Children's Eye
Exams
As a parent, you may wonder whether your child has a vision problem or when eye exams should be scheduled.
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Eye exams for children are extremely important. Experts say 5-1% of pre-schoolers and 25% of school-aged children have vision problems. Early identification of a child’s vision problem is crucial because, if left untreated, some childhood vision problems can cause permanent vision loss.
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Experts say that 80% of what your child learns in school is presented visually. Undetected vision problems can put them at a significant disadvantage. Be sure to schedule a complete eye exam for your child prior to the start of school.
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Your family doctor or pediatrician likely will be the first medical professional to examine your child’s eyes. If eye problems are suspected during routine physical examinations, a referral might be made to an ophthalmologist or optometrist for further evaluation. Eye doctors have specific equipment and training to help them detect and diagnose potential vision problems.
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When scheduling an eye exam, choose a time when your child is usually alert and happy. Specifics of how eye exams are conducted depend on your child’s age, but an exam generally will involve a case history, vision testing, determination of whether eyeglasses are needed, testing of eye alignment, an eye health examination and a consultation with you regarding the findings.
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After you’ve made the appointment, you will be given a case history form when you check in at the doctor’s office. The form will inquire about your child’s medical history, including current medications and past or present allergies.
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Be sure to tell your eye doctor if your child has a history of prematurity, has delayed motor development, engages in frequent eye rubbing, blinks excessively, fails to maintain eye contact, cannot seem to maintain a gaze (fixation) while looking at objects, has poor eye tracking skills or has failed a pediatrician or pre-school vision screening.
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Your eye doctor will also want to know about previous ocular diagnoses and treatments involving your child, such as possible surgeries and glasses or contact lens wear. Be sure you inform your eye doctor if there is a family history of eye problems requiring vision correction, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness, misaligned eyes (strabismus) or amblyopia (“lazy eye”).
Surgery
Co-Management
CORRECTIVE SURGERY CO-MANAGEMENT:
Tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses? Today, several surgical methods can correct your eyesight and give you the freedom of seeing well without corrective lenses.
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LASIK CO-MANAGEMENT:
LASIK, short for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, is the most popular refractive surgery available today. Each year, more than one million LASIK procedures are performed in the United States.
LASIK has become the premier surgery for vision correction because it is a quick and somewhat painless procedure. There is little or no discomfort after the procedure and vision recovery is rapid – some patients already see 20/20 the following day.
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LASIK can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. With a special technique called monovision, it can also reduce the need for reading glasses among patients over age 40 who wear bifocals.
Medical Eye
Emergency Care
We are available 24 hours a day for eye medical emergencies.
Emergency On-Call #: (916) 667-6916