Keep an eye on your eye health with routine vision exams in Harrisburg
Learn how routine vision exams can help you detect eye diseases early and preserve your vision
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Detect eye diseases early to preserve your vision
Discover how routine eye exams can catch eye disease early
If your eyes are healthy and vision is good, a complete eye exam with your ophthalmologist once in your 20’s and twice in your 30’s, should be sufficient.
When you reach your 40’s, the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that you have a complete eye examination. This is when early signs of disease or changes in vision may appear. It is important to detect eye diseases early as early treatment can help preserve your vision.
If you are 65 or older, make sure you have your eyes checked every year or two. Your ophthalmologist will check for signs of age-related eye diseases.
A comprehensive eye exam is simple and comfortable. It shouldn’t take more than 45 to 90 minutes.
Your doctor will ask you questions about your vision and your general health such as:
- your family’s medical history,
- what medications you take, and
- whether you wear corrective lenses.
Next part of the eye exam is what people are most familiar with. You will read an eye chart to determine how well you see at various distances. You cover one eye while the other is being tested. This exam will determine whether you have 20/20 vision or not.
Your doctor may check how your pupils respond to light by shining a bright beam of light into your eye. Pupils usually respond by getting smaller. If your pupils widen or don’t respond, this may reveal an underlying problem.
A test called ocular motility evaluates the movement of your eyes. Your ophthalmologist looks to see if your eyes are aligned. They also check that your eye muscles are working properly.
Your eye pressure
Eye pressure testing, called tonometry, measures the pressure within your eye (intraocular eye pressure, or IOP). Elevated IOP is one sign of glaucoma. The test may involve a quick puff of air onto the eye or gently applying a pressure-sensitive tip near or against your eye. Your ophthalmologist may use numbing eye drops for this test for your comfort.
The front part of your eye
Your ophthalmologist uses a slit-lamp microscope to light up the front part of the eye. This includes the eyelids, cornea, iris and lens. This test checks for cataracts or any scars or scratches on your cornea.
Your retina and optic nerve
Your ophthalmologist will put dilating eye drops in your eye to dilate or widen your pupil. This will allow them to examine your retina and optic nerve for signs of damage from disease. Your eyes might be sensitive to light for a few hours after dilation.
Your ophthalmologist may suggest other tests to examine your eye further. This can include specialized imaging techniques such as:
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Fundus photos
- Fluorescein angiography (FA)
- Topography, which is a scan of the surface of your cornea
- Automated visual field
These tests help your ophthalmologist detect problems in the back of the eye, on the eye’s surface or inside the eye to diagnose diseases early.
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Dr. Bennett Chotiner
M.D., F.A.C.S.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR, GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY, LASIK SURGERY
Dr. Bennett Chotiner is the founder and medical director of Memorial Eye Institute. A noted innovator, in 1977 he established his clinical practice, the Pennsylvania Eye Associates. In 1984, he established the Pennsylvania Eye Surgery Center, Pennsylvania’s first …
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M.D., F.A.C.S.
GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY, LASIK SURGERY
Erik Chotiner, M.D. diagnoses and treats a wide range of medical eye conditions. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Dr. Chotiner attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia where he received multiple awards including the Physiology Prize for …
