What is a routine eye exam?

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A routine eye exam is the most basic type of examination to determine the overall physical condition of your eyes. Our eye doctors recommend getting an eye examination at least once every year. The exam includes both, medical inspection and refraction. The medical portion of the exam helps us uncover any problems in your eyes and check to see if your vision is deteriorating. The refraction examination determines the appropriate lens power to compensate for issues as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

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What is a comprehensive dilated eye exam?

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A comprehensive eye exam covers what a routine eye exam will do and much more. It helps us determine your overall eye health as well as if you have any eye diseases or vision problems including diabetes, color blindness, pink eye or conjunctivitis, cataracts, eye injury, and glaucoma. Our optometrists will examine the external parts of the eye, including cornea, eyelids, and surrounding eye tissue. In most instances, the patient’s pupils will be dilated to evaluate the internal parts of the eye, including the optic nerve, retina, and cornea.

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Do you perform contact lens exams?

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Yes, our eye doctors do perform contact lens exams. Dr. Nguyen is able to fit all contact lens types including soft, disposable, gas permeable, bifocal, and toric. If it is your first time wearing contacts, our staff will be happy to teach you how to wear and care for your contact lenses. We offer all contact lens brands from a week to a year supply at competitive prices. Don’t forget to ask about our in store rebates!

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Help! I have pink eye. Can you help?

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Pink eye or conjunctivitis can be highly contagious but we can help. Sore, red, and itchy eyes can come from a variety of sources including bacterial infection. If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, it’s important to visit your eye doctor to treat the problem before it gets worse.

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Can you help with eye injuries and foreign body removal?

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Our optometrists are always willing and able to help should you experience an eye emergency. Our office has state of the art equipment and can provide emergency services for eye injuries such as:

• Eye trauma
• Scratched eyes
• Removal of foreign materials stuck in eye (such as wood or metal)
• Floaters or spots in the vision
• Red or painful eyes
• Loss of vision in eyes

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Do you perform vision therapy?

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Yes, as a residency trained optometrist, Dr. Nguyen is experienced and trained in vision therapy. Vision therapy is a type of physical therapy that treats the eyes and brain. Vision therapy is needed for visual conditions that cannot be treated by just wearing glasses and/or contact lenses. At Eye D Vision, vision therapy is offered as an individualized and supervised treatment program. It is designed to correct visual-motor and perceptual cognitive deficiencies, such as lazy eyes, crossed eyes, and convergence insufficiency, etc. It is a progressive program with vision exercises under the supervision of our doctor. The procedures are designed to improve fundamental visual skills by enhancing the brain’s ability to control the following:

• Eye alignment

• Eye tracking and eye teaming

• Eye focusing abilities

• Eye movements

• Visual processing

The vision therapy program is offered at convenience of our patients. Typical sessions are 45 minutes per session and offered once or twice a week depending on the severity of the case. Please contact our office, for more information regarding our services.

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