Advanced glaucoma testing
"Everyone has glaucoma unless proven otherwise"
Important Diagnostic Tools For Glaucoma & Diabetes
Glaucoma: Technology - GDx VCC + Visual Field + OCT
Will detect Glaucoma 6 years earlier than standard testing techniques.
Who Should be Tested?
Anyone with a personal or family history of having glaucoma and anyone with risk factors for glaucoma. Read more about Glaucoma statistics.
Risk Factors For Glaucoma
- Very nearsighted eyes
- Females of Asian decent
- Family history of glaucoma
- High intra-ocular pressure
- Untreated High Blood pressure
- Smoking
- Advancing Age >40 years old
- History of migraine headache
- History of eye trauma
- Diabetes
- Dark Pigmented Persons
- Persons of African Decent
- Pigmentary Dispersion Syndrome
- Some Types of Advancing Cataracts
- Some Systemic Medications
Diabetes: Technology - Retinal Photography
Digital technology enables us to screen for eye disease and to monitor changes to the internal anatomy of your eyes. Taking a photograph is painless and is the best baseline from which we can work from. Our notes are good, but a photo is better.
Our retinal camera documents the detail of the arteries, veins and nerves inside of your eyes. The area analyzed is where 99% of all sight threatening internal eye diseases occur. Read more about Diabetes Statistics.
You should have a retinal photograph if you are:
- Diabetic
- Have a strong lens prescription
- HIV+ or have AIDS
- At risk for Macular Degeneration (ie., over the age of 60)
- At risk for Glaucoma
- High Blood Pressure
- A history of eye disease
- A history of retinal detachment
- A history of cancer
- Take medications known to have ocular side effects