What Is the Eye Doctor Checking for?
In addition to evaluating your eyes for glasses and contacts, Dr. Marotta will check your eyes for eye diseases and other problems that could lead to vision loss. Here are a few examples of the conditions that he looks for: • Refractive Error: This refers to your prescription, including farsightedness, nearsightedness, and astigmatism. Refractive error is corrected with eyeglasses, contacts, or refractive surgery. • Amblyopia: Is a condition when one eye has a much different prescription than the other or the eyes are turned. The brain will “shut off” the image from the turned or blurry eye. Left untreated, amblyopia can stunt the visual development of the affected eye, resulting in permanent vision impairment. Amblyopia is often treated by patching the stronger eye for periods of time. • Strabismus: Strabismus is defined as crossed or turned eyes. Dr. Marotta will check your eyes’ alignment to be sure that they are working together. Strabismus causes problems with depth perception and
