At Pabari Opticians we are dedicated to providing our patients with the very highest standard of eye care. This means monitoring and maintaining the health of your eyes as well as clarity of your vision. In some instances, the health of your eyes can begin to deteriorate before you notice your vision suffering.
During an eye examination, our optometrist (ophthalmic optician) routinely studies the interior of your eyes to look for any sign of abnormalities.
Following our installation of the an Optical Coherence Tomographer (OCT for short) we are now able to image the very back of your eye (specifically the retinal layers) allowing us to study your eyes in incredible detail from the top surface of your retina right down to the underlying surfaces, not visible to us by other means. Also, by keeping records of these images for you we can compare them the next time you visit, year on year, which is extremely useful.
We call this procedure OCT screening, it enables us to check for all kinds of eye disease such as Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Retinal detachments and a great deal more.
An OCT screening taking place
OCT Screening is extremely comfortable, nothing touches your eye and the whole procedure takes about a minute, all you have to do is keep looking at a red cross – it’s very simple and quick.
example of a normal healthy retina scan |
example of a retina that is not healthy |
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With this technology, we can easily refer images to an eye specialist or GP if necessary. This level of information will be invaluable to them.
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