8 Things You Should Know About Comprehensive Eye Examination
Comprehensive eye examination is important to determine one's eye health, and it is highly recommended to have it done annually. Most optical shops are able to provide routine checkup services. However, in EMME Visioncare, our value-add component would be our capability to perform a full suite of comprehensive eye examinations in Singapore as compared to other places that only check your eye prescription. We have a full range of cutting edge optical appliances that can help detect any changes or deterioration in your eyes as you age and upon detection. We can provide recommendations and solutions to limit the deterioration progression to prevent any further damage.
Here are 8 things you should know about EMME Visioncare's comprehensive eye examination.
1. History Taking
It is important to inform your Singapore optometrists about any pre-existing health or eye conditions, or even the slightest concerns that you may have regarding your eyes. Our optometrists are trained to take note of these details and to inclucate them as part of their diagnosis. We do understand every individual's preferences differ, and as such, our optometrists are accommodating to understand if you already have a preferred or decided solution such as plans in making any form of corrective lenses. As such, feel free to surface your intent to our optometrists which they will then proceed to carry out appropriate tests for a more efficient decision making later on.
2. Autorefractor and Tonometer
As part of EMME Visioncare's diagnosis, an autorefractor is used to estimate the degree of your eyesight. This is used to counter-check whether the individual's responses is consistent. The Tonometer is then used to puff small bursts of air into your eye to check your eye pressure. This is highly important as there are eye conditions that correlate with high eye pressure such as glaucoma.
3. Refraction
During this phase, our optometrist will be able to provide you with your eye prescription based on your response. We will use the diagnosis results from the autorefractor equipment that was done earlier to check on your prescription for better accuracy.
4. Other tests
Our optometrists also carry out additional tests such as colour vision tests, stereopsis test, eye coordination as well as focusing abilities. The number of tests is unique to each individual, subjected to their eye condition.
5. Corneal Topographer
Your optometrist will perform corneal topography test. Of which, this equipment is used to check the shape of the cornea and its parameters. This diagnosis ensures that a suitable size of contact lens or even Orthokeratology lenses is prescribed to you.
These details are recorded in our system for the convenience of your next routine eye check up. The diagnosis can be compared to see if there are any adverse vision progression to your eye that are of concern.
An example of such cases is when the thinning of the cornea is observed. This could easily be picked up by comparing your past data. When such details are spotted, it may be a sign of a potential sight loss condition known as keratoconus. This equipment is also used to determine your tears quality, and subsequently diagnose and explain any lingering dry eye symptoms, and thereafter recommend the appropriate eye lubricant for your eye.
6. Photography Slit Lamp
A slit lamp is performed to assess the front part of your eye. Through this check, your optometrist is able to pick up many signs ranging from any damage to your eyes such as abrasion on your cornea, to your eye drainage angle that correlate with glaucoma and even detecting cataracts in your eyes.
This equipment ensures that the contact lenses that you are wearing are suitable for your eyes. And in the event that you are wearing a wrong-sized fit contact lenses, we will correct and recommend a suitable lens size for you to ensure you do not compromise your eye health during contact lens wear.
7. Fundus Photography
This equipment enables us to take a photo of the back part of your eye, specifically the retinal area. This image will be recorded as part of the documentary diagnosis for our optometrists to compare against your subsequent eye check up. The documentations allow us to detect any signs of eye diseases or any concerns with your eyes. Timely referral is essential to seek medical help a soon as possible to prevent further damage to your eyes.
8. Recommended Solutions
Depending on your preferred objective and any important findings that we have found during the eye examination, we will curate a solution that best suits you. In other words, if you are looking to purchase a progressive spectacles, our optometrists will recommend and help identify what would best suit you and your lifestyle, and subsequently explain the difference in those lenses, allowing you to ultimately decide which solution would suit you best. We are also able to advise and recommend franes for your suitability and the type of lenses that you are purchasing.
The estimated duration for the entire eye examination is 30 minutes. With EMME Visioncare, your eye health is our utmost priority, we will dedicate the time to assess your condition and detect any early signs of eye diseases that we can help prevent from worsening.