Many eye diseases are considered chronic diseases:
Macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, optic nerve diseases, multiple sclerosis, keratoconus as well as hereditary diseases: RP, Cone Rod Dystrophy, albinism and more.
Even when the disease is stabilized and there is medical monitoring, drug treatment, or various surgeries, vision does not always return to what it was and the impact on visual function remains.
Medicine treats disease
Optometry treats a person living with the disease, their functioning, and their daily life. The field of optometry for low vision is a complementary and inseparable field from medical treatment.
The goal when we come to an optometrist for low vision is not to recover from the disease but to treat and improve the low vision and to restore the low vision, and to do everything we can to maintain function, restore independence, enable reading, working, driving, watching TV, using a computer. In other words, to conduct daily life as well as possible.
AMD macular degeneration for example
Both during and after medical treatment with injections, central vision is usually damaged, but with the help of optical and electronic aids and special glasses, one can return to reading, watching television, and sometimes driving, each according to their own interests.
Glaucoma
A disease that reduces the field of vision and also affects central vision, sometimes gradually and without pain. With the help of a proper fit that takes into account the already impaired field of vision and uses contrast-creating filters, appropriate lighting and vision strategies can enable quality of life and normal life.
Multiple sclerosis
It is a systemic physical disease, one of the symptoms of which is inflammation of the optic nerve. Initially, there is a decrease in vision that passes, but even after that, the very strong glare and eye fatigue remain. Here too, with proper adjustment, the quality of life can be improved wonderfully.
Optometry for low vision is specialized, and the adjustment requires extensive clinical knowledge and experience, familiarity with advanced technologies in Israel and around the world, and the ability to personalize the patient according to visual acuity, daily needs, and the advice available in the world today.
For a consultation and appointment, call: 054-763-2236.
