Ask an ophthalmologist anything

how much money do you do monthly ?

>>732117672
About 5,5k dollars/month

Can you teach me to use a slit lamp? Shit is hard

Do I really have to change out my contacts every month? fuck that shit.

>>732118387
Just practice. You can get an arm rest for your elbow if your hand is shaking too much while holding the magnifying glass

>>732118498
Nice try. Go back to premed, idiot

ever put a needle into an eyeball?

>>732118458
Depends on what kind of contacts you have. Saw a lot of fucked up corneas due incorrect use of contacts. You don't want that shit trust me

Do you see into people's souls?

where are you from?

>>732118614
Soft. I usually use one pair for two months That shit expense main

>>732117485

My eyes are fucked and I struggled for years because my eyes hurt and I got headaches. I finally found a specialist (after trying 7-8 of them) that gave me working glasses. Something about needing prism lenses on my right eye, and I think only in one direction (4% off horizontal). What do you learn about prism lenses normally, should it really be that hard to find someone who knows what they're doing?

>>732118608
Yeah its a comman therapy to inject meds directly into the eye ball. Macular edema for example

Are you worried that more and more places are charging 40-60 bucks for an eye exam at stores that sell glasses since it's actually pretty easy to do?

what's the worst case of myopia you've ever seen?

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what's wrong with forest whitaker's eyes?

>>732117485
What EHR you use?

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any comment about the movie "I Origins"?

>>732118638
Nah man that and i am glad that i can't see them

>>732118667
Germany

>>732118681

Prisms are expensive and there is a lot of misuse with it. Go see an orthopist, he can tell you if you need prism or not. Normaly if you don't have double vision you don't need them

>>732118671
Contacts are expensive yeah but you could use glasses instead if you want to save some bucks

>>732118762
Depends on the country you live in and what you get for the money. Just a simple vision test should not be 60 bucks

how much time it took you to be opthalmologist??

>>732118767
-31 dioptre

>>732119092
10 years of university

>>732117485
What are advantages/disadvantages of lasik

>>732118789
Left eye ptosis or could be swollen a lil bit.

>>732119183
you start get paid after 6? and how much?

>>732118832
Not familiar to that term, what do you mean exactly?

>>732118924
Haven't seen it

>>732119295
Electronic health records.

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what's the worst eye trauma you've seen?

>>732118936
>Prisms are expensive and there is a lot of misuse with it. Go see an orthopist, he can tell you if you need prism or not. Normaly if you don't have double vision you don't need them

That's my point. I saw 7-8 of them. I got several pair of glasses with prisms, but I think only uniform (ie just one value for the whole lens, how much prismness or whatever it should have). They didn't help, I still got headaches and my eyes hurt like crazy. I spent most of the day lying down listening to podcasts. And yeah, double vision is a problem. I still get it whenever my eyes are tired, I try to close my eyes and relax for an hour or so when that happens.

So what do you learn about prism lensen? How many variables do they have?

>>732119154
holy shit, i have around -3 in each eye and feel blind, i can't imagine what is like to have -31

>>732119212
There is no disadvantage for todays lasik. There is as good as no risk if your doc is a professional. Cornea can get a lil bit thinner but thats it

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my massage therapist showed me a book on Iridology. is that a real science?

>>732119244
Starting at 4k per month

what do i do about a stye that comes back?

Do you ever fuck your patients?

>>732119345
Some really bad injuries with sticks or metal devices which caused the loss of an eye ball. You have to remove every last piece of the destroyed eye in a surgery

Have Multiple Sclerosis and my left eye is near uncontrollable (outside of closing it) and near blind.

Eye doctor told me any surgery would just be undone and the nerves would be damaged again eventually, and that the only thing he could possibly do is sew my eye shut, which he wouldn't recommend.

Normal?

>>732119561
Only the ones that look good.

>>732119629
Nice

>>732119604
Not OP but used to be a nurse for MS patients. What your doc said checks out regarding the nerves becoming damaged again but I never treated anyone who'd had their eyes sewn shut. MS is a shit condition and it sucks that you're going through it, hope things work out OK anon.

>>732119458
In some cases its fine but there is a lot of misuse aswell

>>732117485
Is using the computer bad for my eyes?

Also will my vision get worse if I don't wear my glasses?

>>732117485
What car do you drive?

>>732119723
People with MS don't really complain about it and just accept it.

Feels like getting stabbed in the head with a knife every day and all kinds of shit, but oh well, can't do anything about it.

But thanks, lol.

what ya think of lasik?

you ever seen a patient who was born without eyes?

My eyes hurt from staring at work computer too long. What can I do to help? Also what should I say to get s prescription for window tint?

She's bad and boujee ayyy lmao

>>732119952
A friend of my brother has MS. He worked hard, trained to help compensate for it, went to uni. Last time I saw him he was cycling home, couldn't even see the MS while he was on a bike. He used to have to drag his feet and stand on them sideways.

Got a ton of support from the state and family which probably gave him a better chance than most, but damn I'm impressed whenever I see him.

Hi there

I'm opticien / optometrist. What are your biggest complains about us ?

how can you get rid of floaters?

>>732117485
why are you useless fucks so hopeless at identifying cases of hydrocephalus?

what's the capital of north dakota?

how do you decide whether to give antibiotic drops for pink eye? is there a way to distinguish viral from bacterial? or is it just safer to treat in all cases?

>>732119362
Would highly recommend you to see an orthoptist. Looks like you have some kind of squinting/strabism problem. These specialists work togehter with ophthalmologists

It's my understanding that ophthalmologists in America perform the same role as a optometrist in the uk as in the uk ophthalmology is hospital based for medical conditions only they don't do refraction is this true and if so why does the USA see that as a beneficial scructure? To save money?

>>732117485
Why are you an ophtalmologist ?

>>732117485
A friend of mine and me got an air pressure drain cleaner thingy which can be used to launch items up to the size of a pencil or so. I shot him with a cigarette at point blank range and hit his eye yesterday. No bleeding, deformation or such, but there was a lot o' tobacco in his eye. Is that dangerous?

>>732120319
>hydrocephalus
technically, that translates to water 100penis. are you actually claiming that you have a valid case of water 100penis? if so, you'll have to be reported and probably confiscated

>>732119543
Yeah super annoying. Keep it warm and massage you eye lids a little from time to time. If its not gone after like 6 months get a little surgery for removal

>>732120287
i don't think you can, that is bubbles in the fluid of your eyeballs. i've had them since i was a kid. i just learned to ignore them, like the constant ringing in my ears

>>732119561
Nope i don't. It ruins your reputation

>>732120414

I'm NOT OP but It's the same in Belgium.
I am an optician / optometrist and we can only do refaction and make the glasses and stuff but nothing medical.

>>732119604
If the vision of your eye annoys you you can only close it with some kind of foil that you can put on your glasses to avoid vision. Unfortunately no other therapy possible

>>732120473
useless fucks

Sometimes I see rain when it's not raining, plus especially noticible in low ligh conditions, I have a lot of visual noise. What could it be?

has a patient ever complained to you that they see dead people?

>>732120719
semen in the eyes

>>732119880
Absolutely not. Your eyes can not get worse or anything. Long computing just causes a little dry eye problematic because you won't blink so much. Put some eye drops in there and you are good to go

>>732119932
Bmw x3

>>732117485
Tomorrow I have an appointment of Allergy test for rabbits (in my nose)
What should I expect is going to happen

>>732120781
I wish

>>732119998
If you are not happy with wearing glasses or contacts it is a really good way to get rid of them

What is the atomic mass of strontium?

>>732120900
naw dude, i ain't fallin for that. i've seen enough episodes of star trak to know, never let someone shoot a lazer beam at my eyes

>>732120031
There are people born without sight due to optic nerve damage. There still are eyes but they look really small and jump around uncontrolled. Its called nystagmus

>>732120174
Get yourself some eye drops to refresh your liquid part on your eye. You can buy it without a prescription

>>732121004
>nystagmus
that's weird, i knew a nigger from NY named Stagmus. Stagmus Jefferson, sold crank out of the trunk of a 72 LTD

>>732120279
Biggest complaint is that a lot of you guys work with prism and you don't really use them correctly. You cause a lot of problems with them. If you are not an orthoptist you should not use them

>>732121115
fucking kek

>>732120287
Not much you can do. They are normal. Just ignore them

>>732121166

I never used a prism since I graduated so I'm good .

>>732120368
You can distinguish both from another

will masturbating too much cause blindness?

>>732120414
There is a difference between a doctor and optometrists/opticians. Doctors do medical stuff and they can make prescriptions

>>732120458
If you are not absolutely sure of its fine then go see a doctor

are there exercises to improve vision? do pilots, drivers, etc, do anything to help their vision in their jobs? or wear anything like driving glasses?

>>732120719
As long as you don't see dark spots or dark black walls in your vision its fine

>>732121387
No lol

>>732121544
No. Sometimes people will offer you special exercises for a lot of money. Thats hoax. Wear correct glasses

have you ever seen a worm/parasite in someone's eye?

i once heard that Greg Maddox had lazer eye thing and it made his vision like 20/10 or something like superman. did this contribute to his change up? cause fuck man, he could bring breaking balls that were like fukcing magic

have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

>>732121802
Yes but just once. It is really rare. The worm is called "loa loa"

>>732122065
Not really someone internationally known

Would there be any permanent complications to a detached retina (can only see really bright lights, nothing else) that is not treated for a few years? Also what is going on if seeing bright white swirls moving across said eye?

>>732117485

I don't see in 3d. Born with a squint. Can't easily judge depth or distance. I can drive fine though and my vision is nearly 20/20. Can I do anything to learn how to 3d?

>>732122233
No you can not learn it. Because you never had 3d vision you should not have any problems with depth or distance actually. Your brain learned other mechanics to calculate distance.

can eyes be transplanted? can stem cells be used to regrow eye tissue?

>>732122233
nice full house, a bit low, but...

yes, you can fix that condition by wearing those red and blue 3d glasses they gave you at the movies back in 1955. if you don't still have them, call home services or the ObamaCare hotline, they should be able to fix you up

>>732122187
You retina is already detached and your vision is gone already? If this is some new problem there is treatment. If it's an old problem then there is nothing you can do but it should not cause any new problems>>732122233

are carrots good for eyesight? other foods or vitamins?

>>732122411
Not really no. You can transplant parts of the eye like a cornea yeah

>>732122379

Yeah I use focus, shadows, and touch + light to do it all. Just would like to know what all the fuss is about with 3d movies. :(

why is the left eye sinister?

are there any proven methods to actually "train" your eyes, keep them as fresh as possible and increase their longetivity apart from the general stuff (eat healthy, train etc.)

which celebrities have the prettiest eyes?

>>732122517
yes, this is true. some of the pilots in the battle of britain were orange because they fed them so many carrots. no shit, true

why do you patch a scratched eye?

>>732122748
Because the right eye is dexter

>>732122748
everything left is sinister. it's the "evil" side. this is a established fact. that's why there is only 9% of the people left handed. they are dieing out so we shouldn't breed them. and they write sideways so how about that?

>>732117485
Do you like watching gladiator movies?

should you trim your eyelashes if they're really long?

>>732122767
No, eat healthy and be healthy, don't smoke and this regular stuff. There is no special eye training

>>732122803
linda carter, zoowie deshanele, basically any girl that has "hitler eyes". the kind of girl that you would give your left nut just to have them look at you.

>>732122767
No anything you could possibly do with your eyes will slightly wear them out. Only thing to do is get the proper vitamins. Also laser eye surgery. Not OP btw

>>732122999
No medical problem with long eyelashes.

do drugs like marijuana affect the eyes?

>>732123135
Yes. It makes your pupils grow. Its called mydriasis

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>>732123029
>anything you could possibly do with your eyes will slightly wear them out

i can second this. it's a valid point. i know that only by keeping my eyes closed my whole life did i insure that i'd have my eyeshight into old age.

>>732123135
Yes cannabis in specific slows the signals to the retina slighty. Dont know if it causes actual damage tho

>>732123029
Your eyes won't wear out if you use them. Signs of normal aging is cataract or blepharochalasis for example.

>>732123029
So eyes are basically the same as a carburetor. Black magic that has to be adjusted constantly. Makes sense.

is eye dyeing/tattooing safe?

>>732122858
Prevent infection due to open wounds

>>732123215
You thought you were clever, but little did you know I had my eyes removed and frozen for later use. Im 92 with 20/20 vision now.

>>732123422
>is eye dyeing/tattooing safe?
of course not, moron. why would you ever think that was a good idea?

can you get cancer of the eye?

>>732123422
No its a dumb thing to do. If it is done correctly maybe not but just don't do it

>>732123439
dude, you are so fucking badass. 14/f/cali here

>>732117485
What's the difference between an optician and an optometrist?

if you have double vision
can you have lazer surgery?

>>732123493
Yes. There are certain cancer forms that grow in the eye or the retina

>>732123555
20 grand

>>732123517
Shut up kid I dont want to buy your cookies. And get off my lawn before my dementia starts to kick in and i mistake you for my grandson

>>732123577
Sure but you should first check why you have doublevision

>>732123555
Optometrists are not that common in germany. Most of the time they are opticians with some extra qualifications.

is stress the only cause when one eye twitches?

has anyone ever licked their own eyeball?

What do you typically do for detatched retina, scleral buckle or gas bubble?

I want a black sclera and a red iris.

How can get this?

>>732123844
EyeLID twitching is caused because of stress. It disappears after a while

>>732123629
but damn, these tagalongs are like heaven in your mouth. turth.

>>732123932
Haven't seen that. Would not recommend due to bacteria in your mouth

>>732117485
hey mate my vision becomes blurry in the evenings do you know why it happens? I went to doctor he fucking said sleep more but i am sure its not about sleeping

>>732123844
i find that eye twitching is kind of like when my head jerks, it's a symptom of withdrawal. it should quit after a month of not using

>>732117485
Serious Question!

How bad is Clear eyes? It's the only thing that gets the red out after a huge smoke sesh and I sometimes find my self using it several times a week.

I know it's a vaso-constrictor and so not meant for regular use, what's the worst that can happen (inb4 going blind)?

any crazy eye-doctor tips to avoid red eyes in the first place?

>>732124061
Depends on the case. Oil or gas after you sucked off the vitreous. Sometimes cerclage will do the trick

>>732124569
>hey mate
it's probably from being australian and drinking 5 gallons of beer before lunch

>>732124318
Just dont

Anyone else not understand John Cena?

Like, come come all he has to do is wave his hand infront of his face, and then people cant see him? Surely if this were the case he wouldn't appear on camera and the WWE would have a nightmare filming him. If I were Vince and a wrestler came up to me and said he wanted to join up but he would do all the fighting whilst invisible I'd tell him to fuck off because its probably just some chode excuse to slack off the job.

>>732124735
i am not from australia

>>732124699
Use normal eye drops instead and sleep enough

>>732117485
why didn't you become a real doctor?

Femanon here. When i was 12, my parents went to a church reunion in Oregon for 4 days and left me home alone. They thought it was an oppurtunity for me to act more "mature." I had a dog (half rottweiler,half siberian husky) named rosco who was getting a reputation for humping random things aruond my house. My parents liked him outside but i let him inside cause i was home alone and was gonna do whatever the hell i wanted. i take a shower and walk back to my room naked cause i felt like it. I COMPLETELY forget he's in the house and he rushes up to me, tackles me, and starts humping away like crazy.

>>732124814
but you do drink 5 gallons of beer before lunch, that part of my statement was correct you are impling

>>732124866
Yeah, was hoping you had a trick that would work in less than 5 inutes, like the Clear eyes drops do... I noticed you're in Germany and I know you can't get Clear Eyes in europe so maybe it would help to give you the nae of the active ingredient:

Naphazoline

>>732125107
that's... interesting?

>>732125107
Did he finish?

Oh almost forgot.. Tits or GTFO

>>732125323
i knew a guy that accidently put visine in his eyes when he had contacts in. this was back in the '80s when soft lenses first came out. those things froze up on his eyeballs and it was a total trainwreck to get them out. i fucked his girlfriend that night. i had to stick a sock in her mouth so he didn't hear us.

>>732118498

wut?

>>732125499
Word to the wise, remove your contacts before putting iin visine or your gf will get fucked by your friend

>>732125639
i said i knew him. he was never my friend. he was a complete asshole. so was she.

>>732125323
We know about this but don't recommend using it to often

>>732125966
I'll take that as a "no cause for concern as long you're not an idiot about it", thx

>>732125323
>Naphazoline

that's weird, i knew a nigger from NA named Phazoline. Phazoline Jefferson, sold crank out of the trunk of a 72 LTD

>>732117485
Are you Bashar Al Assad?

>>732126084
Pretty much yeah. Don't overdo it and you are fine

>>732126358
no, but close. i'm his older brother Woodrow Al Assad. you don't hear about me much

>>732120880
sex lots of it

>>732120880
ok, i'll bite. WTF are nose rabbits?

>>732126626
I'd guess about same as a henweigh. About 6 pounds

>>732126626
i suppose it's a test performed on the nose to check if they are allergic to rabbits?

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>>732126536
Don't lie to us OP

>>732126747
well that's a new one on me, i've never heard of anyone that is specifically allergic to only rabbits. how the fuck often does the average city drone come in contact with rabbits?

>>732126858
Do they eat chinese regularly?

Whats an ophthalmologist?

>>732126791
no serious, i've been hanging with michelle O for the past few weeks. she's a fucking party animal when her shitty fucking husband is out of town.

why do lacrimal ducts get blocked?

>>732126858
Rabbits are common in cities, they adapt just as well or rats or deer, both of which you can find in Central Park, New York.

But, still going out on limb here, either Anon lives on a farm or they are in contact with a domesticated pet rabbit?

>>732126930
no, but my wife is part red indian, cherokee. so i do eat that, but not the dot head type

>>732117485
1 or 2?... 1... or 2?... 1... 2...

>>732127003
ok, well that makes sense. just never came in contact myself. i guess my circle of friends aren't as rabbit intensive as yours. i'm more of a GSD and Rottweiler type

>>732126858
Its the lack of contact with things that gives you allergies. Though lack of exposure to other bacteria like the ones you find in soil will leave you intolerant to loads of stuff, because your body have not acquired things it i needs but cannot make itself, to handle other kind of exposure.

City dwellers forget that we just recently removed ourselves from nature, we are made to exist with and by everything around us, we are the peak of billions of years of evolution in nature, not something made to fit inside poisonous concrete blocks.

how much student loan debt do you have?

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>>732124318
Fuck off Gambit.

>>732127278
>not something made to fit inside poisonous concrete blocks.

i agree right up to that statement. we are infinitely adaptable. we have the knowledge to send spacecraft out of our solar system. we can surely make antihistamines. i take them every day. anything we can't control with that, just try staying away from. you can't seriously think no one had any allergic reaction until we came together in cites? hell, i'm a country guy and i don't even believe that.

>>732124318
pain

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>>732117485
How do I get rid of the floating does in my eyes? I'm a pilot and it's very annoying flying in clear skies and they can be distracting and confusing with another aircraft

>>732127873
for the 4th time, you can't get rid of them, just learn to ignore them like i have. i'm eat up with floaters, and my ears ring from way too many years standing in front of a marshall stack. learn to live with it

>>732127873
Normal floaters in your eyes. There is nothing you can do. Just ignore them and they will disappear.

>732128209
>>732128293
Fuck me then. Can they get worse? Or reproduce to the point of having actual sight problems?

>>732128620
No. They are just protein floating inside the eye. They are getting absorbed eventually but new ones can also appear.

Don't mind them

>>732129010
Alright, thanks man

I used to work in an eye hospital, Do you work in a general or specialist center?

Ever had a woman flash you her panties or come on to you another way in the chair?

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>>732117485
>OpthamoLOGist

>>732117485
can i just get my damn Pupillary distance without having to pay those cunt optometrist

>>732118744
how can someone become an ophthalmologist, yet not be able to spell common words.. like "common"

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>>732117485
i think i have strabismus. i can take pictures where my eyes look askew. its not one in particular, but depending on how i hold my head i can make either one look like it's looking outwards. its especially apparent if i'm very exhausted.

that being said, i've never had anyone mention it to me, be it parents, friends, or eyedoctors. so i don't know if i'm paranoid, or if everyone can make their eyes look wonky, or if i've actually got fucked eyes.

>>732130011
that's weird, i knew a nigger from st named rabismus. rabismus Jefferson, sold crank out of the trunk of a 72 LTD

>>732130233
thank you for your contribution

whats the most perverted thing you ever did at wurk?

>>732129445
Specialist center

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>>732117485
I wear these for 3mo-1yr at a time without taking them out. Is that bad? I shower regularly so maggots don't eat my eyeballs.

>>732117485
how does it feel to know that you arent a real doctor?

>>732130011
Go see an orthoptist. They are specialists for strabism. (Not talking about optometrist or opticians)

>>732130538
I have the same contacts and wore them way longer than I was suppose to. Made a 6 months supply last 3 years. I got an eye infection and scarring on my eyeball. Don't do it.

My vision is blurry as fuck and I don't have the beetus. What's wrong with me? I got a new prescription for my glasses/contacts.

>>732130538
You have to take them out sometime or you'll eyes will get fucked

>>732130538
Use them like they are ment to use and you are fine. If you have any kind of infection in your eye, don't use them until the infection is gone

Any chance you will certify my eyes beeing fine, so I dont need to wear glasses while driving anymore? I think my glasses are 0.25 or 0.5. The glasses really just hinder me I dont see any better

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>>732130538
not op but contacts have small holes in them so oxygen can diffuse into your eyes. your cornea doesn't actually have any direct blood flow, and has to get oxygen this way. the more you wear contacts, the more protein clogs up these holes, decreasing oxygenation. this can lead to things like loss of eyesight, corneal scarring, etc.

additionally, contacts break down over time. they're only meant to last so long. they get weaker and can tear up.

tl;dr take out your contacts regularly. replace your contacts regularly.

>>732130828
Depends on your maximum vision on the vision test. If your vision is below the minimum vision for driving you have to wear glasses in order to drive

>>732117485
Sometimes I've got an horizontal vibrant/trembling line in the middle of my sight, usually when looking at a plain color ( wall, ceiling) what could it be?

>>732130939
Op here. This is correct

>>732130939
>>732131005
but since these day&night contacts have holes in them i should be fine leaving them in for a long time right?

>>732130828
dog i've got like -2.0 vision and i drive without contacts all the time. i can't read shit but i can see a fucking car in front of me.

>>732131102
you're a fucking moron
i hope you don't drive in my state

>>732130828
my eyes were not really good enough. However, friends of mine went to an optician who said "yeeee they are fine" even though their eyes are worse than mine. So now they dont have to wear glasses

>>732131077
you should take them out regularly. it would be better for your eyes to take them out nightly, but at the least take them out every couple of nights or once a week to let the solution disinfect them, remove protein, etc.

>>732131077
As i said. The instructions in the package of the lenses answer all questions. Wear them like this and you are fine. They do have a special kind of air holes for day and night use.

>>732131102
Thats a terrible idea. All i can say is that you should wear glasses. Keep in mind that you will have to pay every cent of an accident when people find out that you need glasses for driving

>>732117485
I have eyes, what do I do?

>>732130964
Does the line move when you look at diffrent locations?

>>732132409
Absolutly not, it's steady and covering all my my sight from left to right.
I also have annoyingly long retinal persistance ( I'm talking like 5-6 minutes after looking at a neon/bulb or light in general)
Any idea?

>>732117485
What is a fix for BMD