When should you visit ophthalmologist?
In case you have some of the following problems with your eyes or vision:
Diminution of vision
Blurred vision
Pain in the eye
Foreign-body sensation
Mucoid secretion from the eye
Redness of the eye
Itching eyes
Eyelid oedema
‘Veil’ in front of the eye
“Shadow’’ in the visual field
Spots or ‘shining’ or flashes before the eyes
However, even in case you do not have any problems with eyes or vision – regular ophthalmology examinations are important:
Children
At the age of 3 to 4
Before starting going to school
Occasionally in the course of primary and secondary school
Adults
From time to time after the age of forty
After the age of fifty, once a year in case you suffer from:
Diabetes
High blood pressure
Rheumatic diseases
Thyroid gland diseases
What does ophthalmology examination consist of?
Determination of visual acuity
Examination of the eye anterior front by biomicroscope
Estimation of ocular pressure
Examination of eye hole
In our optic department you can choose eye glasses, change glasses, adapt them, etc. This Health Centre optic department offers fixing of all kinds of glasses according to your choice and it includes:
Ordinary glass
Ordinary and thinned plastics (so called ‘’titanium”)
Co-called “anti-reflex” glasses
Photo sensitive glasses (so-called “photo-gray”)
Bifocal glasses
Multifocal (progressive) glasses
Contact lenses:
Before you start wearing eye lenses it is necessary to perform a complete ophthalmology examination in order to have most precise and most appropriate lenses adequate for your eyes. In case you choose soft eye contact lenses, it is necessary:
To follow the instruction guidelines precisely regarding to the manner of proper keeping the lenses and maintaining such lenses
Never to sleep with such eye lenses
Never to have shower, swim in a swimming pool or in the sea wearing this kind of lenses
In case your eyes become red, itchy or sore, if your vision is blurry, immediately remove the lenses from your eyes and visit your ophthalmologist
