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East Florida Eye Institute
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Glaucoma Diagnosis |
Macular Degeneration
Diagnosis
| Diabetic Retinopathy
Diagnosis
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Dry Eye Disease
Diagnosis
| Cataract Diagnosis
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Macular Degeneration Diagnosis
Our state-of-the-art Diagnostic Center offers patients the
latest in advanced diagnostics for Macular Diseases. Your Visual
Acuity will be assessed using the Snellen eye chart which measures how
well each eye can see. You will be given an Amsler Grid
to look at in the office and also one to take home to test your vision daily.
This looks like a checkerboard with a black dot in the middle. If the grid
seems blurry or wavy, it may mean that you have AMD. Drops are put in your eye
that help to widen (dilate) the pupils. Then, using a special magnifying lens,
your eye doctor will look at your retina.
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Normal OCT Scan
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OCT Scan Showing Wet AMD
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Specialized imaging tests may be ordered
to better assess the health of the macula.
- We have the newest CIRRUS HD-Ocular Coherence
Tomographer, (OCT) scans through your dilated pupil to assess the
quality of the macula and surrounding retinal tissue, reflecting damaged areas
and in the case of Wet Macular Degeneration – fluid.
- In Fluorescein angiography (FA), a
special dye is injected into your arm and as the dye passes through the blood
vessels in your retina, pictures are taken of the back of your eye,
allowingyour eye doctor to see the blood vessels of the retina, which is
critical to assessing your AMD. Since wet AMD is caused by abnormal blood
vessels that grow under the center of your retina, this test is often very
helpful.
- Indocyanine Green (ICG) Angiography, a
procedure similar to Fluorescein angiography, uses
Indocyanine green dye which can show more detail than Fluorescein
angiography.
Exciting New Developments in Reversing Blindness
- Scientists at Harvard have shown that until about the
age of two, the neurons in the human brain are still growing
- They have found a molecule (SOCS3) that appears to put
the brakes on neuron growth in adult mice.
- They also found that damaged neurons sprout after
blocking this molecule in adult mice with crushed optic nerves
- This work is an important advance towards understanding
why axons of adult nerve cells don't regenerate.
- In future the ideal treatment will probably involve
delivering drugs to an injured area of the brain or spinal cord so that the
nerve tissue re-grows especially in conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and
Glaucoma.
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Glaucoma Diagnosis |
Macular Degeneration
Diagnosis
| Diabetic Retinopathy
Diagnosis
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Dry Eye Disease
Diagnosis
| Cataract Diagnosis
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