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<blockquote data-quote="Peter5145" data-source="post: 1467059" data-attributes="member: 383229"><p>I recently went for my first diabetic eye screening which was to be combined with my regular eye test. However, I was told that, as part of the screening, I would have to have the eye pressure test which involves blowing air into my eye. This is something I've never been able to do as I simply flinch from it.</p><p></p><p>I was told that there was an alternative method which involved anaesthetising the eye and then touching the surface to measure the pressure, but that sounded rather alarming so on that occasion I didn't go ahead with the screening.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone had a similar experience? Is the second procedure really as traumatic as it sounds, and is it something that a commercial optician is really qualified to administer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter5145, post: 1467059, member: 383229"] I recently went for my first diabetic eye screening which was to be combined with my regular eye test. However, I was told that, as part of the screening, I would have to have the eye pressure test which involves blowing air into my eye. This is something I've never been able to do as I simply flinch from it. I was told that there was an alternative method which involved anaesthetising the eye and then touching the surface to measure the pressure, but that sounded rather alarming so on that occasion I didn't go ahead with the screening. Has anyone had a similar experience? Is the second procedure really as traumatic as it sounds, and is it something that a commercial optician is really qualified to administer? [/QUOTE]
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