An ophthalmologist is a doctor who diagnoses, treats and prevents all diseases of the eyeball and the auxiliary apparatus of the eye. He deals with problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma and other eye diseases.
An ophthalmologist conducts examinations, prescribes glasses or contact lenses, drug treatment, and also carries out preventive measures to preserve and improve the vision and eye health of patients.
It is worth visiting an ophthalmologist if the following undesirable symptoms occur:
Many dangerous diseases that provoke serious visual disturbances, up to blindness, may be asymptomatic in the early stages of development. Therefore, everyone who cares about their health needs to undergo preventive examinations.
Adults are recommended to visit an ophthalmologist at least annually, children - depending on their age.
At the first visit, the ophthalmologist checks the patient's visual acuity, as well as studies his complaints and medical history. Sometimes, based on this, the doctor immediately diagnoses and prescribes treatment or selects vision correction equipment (glasses or lenses).
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