眼科护理常见问题
What is an eye doctor?
有两个主要领域of specialty for eye doctors: ophthalmology and optometry. Both ophthalmologists and optometrists perform routine eye care, but only ophthalmologists perform eye surgery. Often, both types of specialists will work together to provide you with the care you need.
眼科医生和验光师有几种情况可以帮助治疗，包括：
- 白内障，这是一种浑浊的斑块在眼睛中发育并导致视力丧失或失明的条件
- 近视，这是一种使其难以专注于远处物体的条件，并且也称为近视
- 青光眼那which is a condition where your optic nerve becomes damaged, causing blindness
- diabetic retinopathy和其他视网膜障碍导致视力模糊和视力丧失，包括视网膜脱离
- diabetes和其他攻击你神经并导致青光眼，视力丧失和失明等条件的其他神经疾病
Optometrists will perform many of your routine eye care procedures, including:
- annual eye exams，包括眼睛健康教育
- 眼部条件的诊断，如散光
- 激光眼科手术那foreign object removal和其他小眼科手术
- 手术后眼科护理
- prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses
眼科医生将执行所有相同的溃败ine eye care procedures as an optometrist. In addition, they can also perform major eye surgeries, including:
Several signs indicate that you may need to contact an ophthalmologist, including:
- seeing spots or random flashes of light
- 在您的视野中看到光线或其他扭曲的条纹
- sudden eye pain, or an itching or burning sensation
- 一个或两个眼睛的视力突然丧失
You should go to an ophthalmologist immediately if you have an infection of your eye, an eye injury, or if you need a foreign object removed from your eye.