Thursday, October 4, 2018

Autorefractor And Why Others Afraid Of Having Eye Exams

By Robert Patterson


You know what is more painful and unbearable than breaking up with your cheating partner? The loss of your vision. Without that, you can never see beautiful and breathtaking sights anymore. You then just keep on relying at your ears and other senses from now on. Losing that ability is like welcoming nothingness. So before you lose it, do some check-ups and afterwards buy some glasses and face an autorefractor.

As you make a decision to wear contact lenses or glasses, an ophthalmologist would test your eyes with some machines called autorefractors. This tool is utilized in verifying the right prescription of glasses and lenses. And it also helps to know the shape of your cornea.

This is part of the procedure to distinguish the proper eyeglasses prescription and it works automatically for that is a computer-controlled machine. A patient will just sit comfortably and with their chins placed on the chinrest. A moving image will be shown and he will put his on focus on it. After that, the level of vision correction will be determined.

Most people think that eyeglasses and contact lenses are the solution so you can see. But actually, they are wrong. Sometimes those eye-wears could not help those worse conditions on the vision. For example, a legally blind human cannot be mended with just using contact lenses. The method is already ineffective. For better solution, seeing the doctors to examine you is more recommended.

However, only few people took optical diagnostic tests to identify the problems on their vision. According to a survey conducted by Lighthouse International, eighty six percent of the respondents were not getting some routine exams despite having some eye problems. The population is quite huge but what could be their reason? For sure, many avoided it because they simply fear the outcomes.

Feeling scared at going to clinics is normal. Some would even panic while waiting for their turn in which the dentist will do something on their teeth later on. But for the problems on your vision, it must be treated before it gets worse. Glaucoma is a serious condition in which your eyeball has increased pressure, and it causes to gradually lose of sight. And patients are afraid to see doctors because they might have that disease.

Most people avoided optical care because of glaucoma test. And the part that they dislike the most is the no-contact tonometry test or simply as the air puff test. You have to endure keeping your eyelids up as the doctor blows some air into your eyes. The air then bounces back to the tonometer and then provides a reading on your IOP or intraocular pressure.

Not only tonometry test that a patient will encounter. There are tons of tests so that ophthalmologists can give some proper diagnosis. Some are even uncomfortable to you like doctors can push a probe into your cornea and flatten it. It sounds terrifying but actually you will be given numbing drops to avoid the pain and make you stop on squirming.

If you are also afraid to see some ophthalmologist and so adamant on going to them, then just maintain the health of your eyes. Prevention is better than cure like what they say. Nevertheless, having check-ups for optimal care is still important.




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