Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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Fibromyalgia

Health care; Optometry

Condition that produces long-term pain all over the body and/or at tender points in soft tissues such as muscles, tendons and joints. The cause is unknown, but proposed triggers include trauma, ...

Albinism

Health care; Optometry

Condition where a person or animal lacks pigment. Albinos' eyes often have very light blue or pink irises and a pink pupil (due to lack of pigment inside the back of the eye). Visual symptoms ...

Anisometropia

Health care; Optometry

Condition where the eyes have a significantly different refractive power from each other, so the prescription required for good vision will be different for each eye.

Ocular hypertension

Health care; Optometry

Condition in which the intraocular pressure of the eye is elevated above normal and which may lead to glaucoma.

Overconvergence

Health care; Optometry

Condition in which the eyes come too far inward when focusing on a near object, resulting in blurring.

Heterochromia

Health care; Optometry

Condition where one eye is a different colour from the other, or one eye is more than one color.

Replacement schedule

Health care; Optometry

How often you discard and replace your contact lenses: every day, week or two weeks (disposable); or every month, two months or calendar quarter (frequent replacement). It's important to ...