Tips to Prepare for an Eye Exam

I cant stress enough how important it's to tell your technology everything. In case you dont, and you wind up telling the physician something you didnt tell the technology, you might have to duplicate the examination.



For instance, lets say youre taking Plaquenil for rheumatoid arthritis. You fail to identify the tech since you dont believe your medicines change the eyes. When you get to the physician, he looks at your eyes and instantly understands you've rheumatoid arthritis due to destruction to the retina and inquires if you're taking drugs.

Now, because you didnt tell the technology, you may need to come back when you arent dilated to get a color vision screening and visual field test.

There are numerous drugs that could impact the retina and also the visual system as a whole.