Eye Health Evaluation
More Than Just Vision Correction!
Your eyes reveal insights into your overall eye health. In fact, your eyes provide early detection for many different diseases that can affect more than just your vision! That’s why we routinely perform tests that look for signs and symptoms of many different diseases, not just eye diseases, during your regularly scheduled eye health evaluation.
Illnesses that may be discovered early on through signs in your eyes include high blood pressure, diabetes, and even heart disease. That’s why it’s so important to leave your total eye care to professionals. We feel it’s important to review your family history then monitor and watch for signs of possible inherited diseases or illnesses as another precaution.
What We Check During Your Routine Evaluation:
Of course we are always checking your eyesight to ensure proper vision. Your total eye health is extremely important to us and we do everything we can to make sure you receive the best personalized care possible.
Did you know that the curve of your cornea determines how the light reflects onto your retina and the type of image produced?
We measure your cornea, record your vision then consult and recommend the best options available to you with all the latest technology.
We check for Glaucoma, a disease where high levels of pressure inside your eye are present when your eyes fail to regulate internal pressure. Early detection of glaucoma is crucial to prevent the loss of sight.
We watch for cataracts, when the internal lens of your eye becomes cloudy and necessitates replacement.
How is your binocular vision? Binocular vision is when each of your eyes forms its own image and transfers these images to the brain. The brain fuses these two images into one. In order for this to occur, your eyes must move together, be aligned, and produce the same size and shape image. When this doesn’t happen it’s difficult to see clearly and usually causes strain and headaches. We also conduct a series fo tests to assess the ability of your eye muscles to make sure that both eyes are working as a team.
CONTACT LENS EVALUATION
Few things affect the quality of your life more than your eyes. Please don’t put them at risk! Start off right by seeing an eye care professional who provides full-service care in assessing your medical needs, your lifestyle, and the highest quality contact lenses available to meet your needs, and proper training to ensure great vision.
It is important to remember that contact lense are prescription medical devices. Various brands are designed and manufactured differently. The selection of a particular contact lens needs to be based on your vision problems, prescription, eye health, comfort requirements, lifestyle, age and physiological factors like tear flow. We’ll discuss the different lens types and brands with your and advise you about the lens choices that are best for your eyes. Because everyone’s eyes and vision needs are different, contact lenses are available with varying schedules for removal and replacement. We’ll teach you how to properly clean and wear your new contacts lenses to maximize vision and minimize potential risks.
At Complete Eye Care Associates, we make sure that vision correction not only helps you see better, but also helps you feel better. That’s why we offer contact lens evaluations. Contact lenses aren’t right for everyone, but theymay be right for you. Even if you have astigmatism or need bifocal lenses, we may have a solution. Your evaluation will include:
- A look at your visual history
- An examination of your corneas
- A consultation with your doctor, including recommendations and options
Call or email us today for a contact lens evaluation. Enjoy the freedom contact lenses provide!
Treatment of Eye Disease
If you are diagnosed with an eye disease, you want only the best treatment available to get your eyes healthy again. At Complete Eye Care Associates, we offer only the best. Based on your diagnosis, we may recommend a wide variety of approaches, including improved nutrition, prescription medicines, therapy and vision exercises, or medical procedures. Whatever we recommend, you can be assured that your ocular health is our primary concern.
Lasik Referral and Co-Management
Refractive procedures manipulate the eye to improve vision. Though there are several types of refractive procedures, the most popular is known as LASIK (laser assisted in situ keratomileusis). LASIK involves reshaping the cornea using incicsion and lasers. An incision creates a flap which is folded back. Lasers are then used to reshape the middle layer of the cornea and correct the vision. The flap is folded back and allowed to heal, resulting in much clearer vision.
Is LASIK For Me?
Not everyone should consider a LASIK procedure. Candidates should be over 19 years of age. If you are pregnant, nursing, or suffering from a number of diseases, you probably are not eligible for LASIK. You are also not eligible if your prescription has changed a great deal over the past year. Talk to your eye doctor about LASIK. They will be able to assess your eligibility, the risks you may encounter, and they can recommend how to move forward. At Complete Eye Care Associates we co-manage with LASIK surgeons in the Lincoln, Omaha and Denver area, thus limiting the amount of travel patients have to undergo after the procedure.
A Child’s Vision and Learning
Did you know that 80% of everything a child learns, understands, and remembers is acquired through his or her visual system? Vision is very important in the learning process. What’s wowrse is that one in four children have undiagnosed vision problems that affect their learning. Sometimes the problem is misdiagnosed as ADD (attention deficit disorder), ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) or dyslexia.
It is important that children receive comprehensive visual exams starting as early in life as possible. In Nebraska, a child entering kindergarten is required to have a visual exam at the provider of their choice prior to starting school. Vision screenings at school are not sufficient as a basis for diagnosing vision problems. A comprehensive exam may find a visual problem missed during screenings, and your eye doctor can recommend treatment. Your child may suffer from a visual problem if they exhibit any of the following characteristics:
- Struggles with reading
- Grows tired or frustrated with reading
- Can’t sit still or stay a a task for any length of time
- Reverses, word, numbers, or letters
- Has difficulty remembering the spelling of words
- Frequently loses their place, skips words, or skips lines of text while reading
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