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Having a regular eye examination is among the effective ways to ensure that your eyes stay health and your vision remains sharp. The schedule for an eye exam usually depends on what your eye specialist recommends. Typically, it is done every 1-2 years. But for those who have a medical condition or ocular disorder, previous eye trauma or surgery, or a family history of glaucoma or macular degeneration, they will often need more frequent eye exams.

Those have not undergone an eye check up yet, for sure they have so many questions or concerns about what is going to happen. There are instances wherein some would feel nervous or have a sudden increase in BP level each time an eye specialist will use some of his medical equipments because they are unaware what these things are for. So for the benefit of individuals who have not visited an eye doctor until now, here are some of the things that will happen during your eye exam.

You will need to complete your health history sheet, sometimes called as medical history sheet. This sheet will provide an overview not just your personal and general health condition. Once you are done with the health history sheet, you will be asked to get inside the examination room and here; the eye doctor will review your health history and will ask you some of the problems you experienced regarding your vision. If you have pre-existing medical condition, the eye specialist will review it too before proceeding to the actual eye exam procedures.

Actual Eye Exam Procedure

Cover Test - This procedure helps eye specialist determine the presence and amount of ocular deviation. The doctor will ask you to focus on a small object across the room while the other eye is cover and vice versa. This will help him verify whether you have the condition of strabismus, binocular vision, or amblyopia.

Retinoscopy - The eye specialist obtains an objective measurement of your refractive condition. He will ask you to focus on the eye chart as he uses a medical equipment called retinoscope to shine light into your eye and then observe the reaction of the retina.

Refraction - The eye doctor is able to find out the refractive or focusing characteristics of your eye, which is very important in determining what kind of eyeglasses you need to wear. An eye device that contains different lenses called phoropter is used.

Visual Acuity Test - This helps the medical doctor for the eyes determine the sharpness of your vision. During this eye exam procedure, the doctor will ask you to read the characters provided on the eye chart while standing at a certain distance. The eye chart is usually provided with letters or numbers that come in different sizes.

Slit-Lamp Examination - In this procedure allows your eye specialist get a highly magnified view of your eye structures. Based on the result, he will be able to identify whether you have healthy eyes or is positive for infection and disease.

Glaucoma Test - This procedure enables the eye specialist determine whether you are experiencing an increased pressure in the eye, which often lead to an eye disease called glaucoma. Glaucoma testing is usually done in different ways using or without using medical equipments.

Pupil Dilation - In this procedure, the medical specialist for will put some eye drops to dilate your pupils. Once your pupils are adequately dilated, your eye specialist will be able to effectively examine the structures of your inner eye.

November 2011
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Hi Maryjiel, I've removed the link you added to Medical device. Please provide on the article talk page your rationale for adding this link. Thank you. Wafflephile (talk) 17:50, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Please do the same for Eye chart, Dress code, and Business casual. Wafflephile (talk) 00:39, 30 November 2011 (UTC)