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An eye exam includes a series of tests to evaluate your vision and detect the presence of any eye disease. Your ophthalmologist might use several instruments for an eye test.
An eye exam helps detect eye problems at the earliest when they are treatable. Frequent eye exams are very beneficial.
The frequency of taking an eye exam includes factors like age and health.
You should get frequent eye exams if you:
For children who are younger than 3 years, their pediatricians will look for common eye problems such as lazy eye, cross-eye, and misaligned eye. If there are symptoms of any such eye problems, then a comprehensive eye exam is suitable for the child.
If there haven’t been any vision problems in your family and your child does not have any symptoms of such problems then they can have their eyes checked in one or two years. If they have symptoms of vision problems then a scheduled eye exam may be advised by your ophthalmologist.
If you do not have symptoms of any eye ailment then you can get your eyes examined in every:
Using a retinoscope your doctor can determine the intensity of your refractive error in this exam. After the doctor knows that you require a prescription glass using the method of retinoscopy he/she can identify the strength of the lens required by you.
Visual Acuity Test measures the sharpness of your eyesight. This helps determine the distance from which you can maintain perfect vision.
The test consists of a chart of letters or symbols that you have to look at from different distances which helps determine how good your eyesight is from a distance and from which distance it is perfect.
Colour Blindness is a condition where you cannot distinguish between intermingled colors. A simple test is conducted to detect this abnormality where different numbered charts would be provided that may appear illusionary. It would have numbers in dotted and multicolored forms which would make it difficult for you to recognize it.
Slip lamp test also knows as Biomicrocopy is an eye exam that is conducted when general eye exams fail to detect the eye problems in your eye. The ophthalmologist uses a microscope to identify the underlying eye problems.
The cost of an eye exam depends on three factors:
After evaluating these three points a proper cost for an eye exam can be taken out.
Eyemantra hospital provides different eye exams for low vision, conjunctivitis, and other kinds of eye ailments.
At Eyemantra we have an experienced and well-trained team of ophthalmologists, which perform eye exams and other procedures at reasonable costs. To book an appointment contact: +91-9711115191.
