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  2. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Grade 4 anterior chamber angle. open angle between cornea and iris. AC 3/4. Grade 3 anterior chamber angle. AC 2/4. Grade 2 anterior chamber angle. AC 1/4. Grade 1 anterior chamber angle. AC 0/4.

  3. Cover test - Wikipedia

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    The cover test is used to determine both the type of ocular deviation and measure the amount of deviation. The two primary types of ocular deviations are the tropia and the phoria. A tropia is a misalignment of the two eyes when a patient is looking with both eyes uncovered. A phoria (or latent deviation) only appears when binocular viewing is broken and the two eyes are no longer looking at ...

  4. Convergence insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis of convergence insufficiency is made by an eye care professional skilled in binocular vision dysfunctions, such as an optometrist, opthomologist, or orthoptist to rule out any organic disease. Convergence insufficiency is characterized by one or more of the following diagnostic findings: patient symptoms, high exophoria at near, reduced accommodative convergence / accommodation ratio ...

  5. The FDA Has Issued Another Warning About Eye Drops - AOL

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    South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eye drops are sold online, and claim to treat eye conditions such as glaucoma — but they are unapproved drugs and should not even be available for sale in...

  6. Esophoria - Wikipedia

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    Ophthalmology. Esophoria is an eye condition involving inward deviation of the eye, usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance. It is a type of heterophoria .

  7. FDA warns against using certain eye drops over ... - AOL

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    “Using contaminated eye drops could result in minor to serious vision-threatening infection which could possibly progress to a life-threatening infection,” the FDA announcement says.

  8. Prism correction - Wikipedia

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    Prism correction is measured in prism dioptres. A prescription that specifies prism correction will also specify the "base". The base is the thickest part of the lens and is opposite from the apex. Light will be bent towards the base and the image will be shifted towards the apex. In an eyeglass prescription, the base is typically specified as up, down, in, or out, but left and right are also ...

  9. Check your eye drops. Bad bacteria and fungus found in ... - AOL

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    The Dr. Berne’s product is Dr. Berne’s MSM Drops 5% Solution, which the FDA says Dr. Berne’s verbally agreed to recall on Monday. But, the company’s website says though “there have been ...

  10. Prism cover test - Wikipedia

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    measuring strabismus. The prism cover test ( PCT) is an objective measurement and the gold standard in measuring strabismus, i.e. ocular misalignment, or a deviation of the eye. [1] It is used by ophthalmologists and orthoptists in order to measure the vertical and horizontal deviation and includes both manifest and latent components. [1]

  11. Subjective refraction - Wikipedia

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    Subjective Refraction is a technique to determine the combination of lenses that will provide the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). [1] It is a clinical examination used by orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmologists to determine a patient's need for refractive correction, in the form of glasses or contact lenses. The aim is to improve current unaided vision or vision with current ...