What Should I Expect During a Comprehensive Eye Exam? A comprehensive eye exam is a complete assessment of your vision and your overall eye health, not just a check of whether you need new glasses. It looks at the internal structures of your eye as well as how clearly...
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What Is Optical Coherence Tomography?
Optical Coherence Tomography: What Is It?Simply put, OCT is a type of specialised scan that assists optometrists in assessing the health of your eyes by allowing them to see the internal structures. OCT scans go one step further than standard 2D retinal photographs, using light...
What Can You Interpret From A Retinal Photograph?
What Can You Interpret From A Retinal Photograph ?While up to 90% of all vision loss is preventable, many eye diseases and conditions have few or no early symptoms, meaning that many people don’t realise that anything is amiss until their eyesight starts to change or an...
Medicare Eye Test And Bulk Billing Explained
Medicare Eye Test And Bulk Billing Explained Up to 90% of all vision loss is preventable, so here at the Optical Co, we strongly believe in taking a preventative and proactive approach to your eye health. One of the many ways we do this is by offering bulk billing so...
Pain Behind Eye: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Pain Behind Eye: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment If you’ve ever experienced pain behind or around your eyes — whether it’s a sharp pain behind the eye or discomfort behind your right or left eye — you’re not alone. Eye discomfort or hurting eyeballs is a common issue, often...
Why Do We Need Optometrists When There Are Ophthalmologists?
If you’ve ever needed to see an eye doctor with concerns about your eyes, whether that’s to do with your vision, dry or droopy eyes, conjunctivitis, or something else, you may have noticed that there are two main types of eye specialists: optometrists and ophthalmologists. As...