Type 2 Eye test Process

[Lifeisnoteasy]

My Cousin is 78 and Type 2 , she has become concerned with the eye test processes. Initally she had one section of eye test which revealed you had a Cataracts. Since then my visits would comprise of two further investigations which puts a strain on my eyes, as they have become seceptable to fluid ( water) would constantly appear fro my eyes ( tears) and they fail to provide me with eye drops. My question is is it really necessary to have strainous checks as i feel it will weaken my eyes?

 

[bulkbiker]

Not quite sure what you are asking.
Are you talking about your cousin or yourself?
The T2 eye screening (in the UK at least) involves having drops put into the eye which dilate the pupil.
Are you having a different kind of test that does not include having the drops?

 

[Lifeisnoteasy]

Not quite sure what you are asking.
Are you talking about your cousin or yourself?
The T2 eye screening (in the UK at least) involves having drops put into the eye which dilate the pupil.
Are you having a different kind of test that does not include having the drops?

I am not sure you are reading my post correctly or i am simply not explaining it clearly. I said my cousin has ALREADY had her first screening- which she recieved eye drops, however the appointments she attended after was more lengthy and she did not recieve eye drops. Is it normal practise? She has been experiencing watery eyes as a result,

 

[bulkbiker]

however the appointments she attended after was more lengthy and she did not recieve eye drops.

I'm guessing she was being examined for something other than the retinal photography that needs the eye drops. But to be honest why don't you ask her what the examiner told her?

 

[Rokaab]

I know I've had the eye screening with and without the drops, if I've been sitting in dark place my eyes are often dilated enough that they don't need the drops (I've had a few types of screening cos they did extra different screenings when they found maculopathy)
The drops are only to dilate the eyes anyway, they don't do any poking or anything with all of the screenings I've ever had - they are screenings so they take pictures

As @bulkbiker says it may well have been something other than a normal diabetic screening

 

[Z_e_u_s]

I am not sure you are reading my post correctly or i am simply not explaining it clearly. I said my cousin has ALREADY had her first screening- which she recieved eye drops, however the appointments she attended after was more lengthy and she did not recieve eye drops. Is it normal practise? She has been experiencing watery eyes as a result,

You mention a ‘test’ and then ‘cataracts’; assuming by ‘test’ you mean the routine eye screening for diabetics then ‘cataracts’ can be revealed during that examination but you would be referred to somebody else to address them.

You say your cousin was given drops at her first eye screening?

As far as I am aware the person who carries out the yearly routine screening is just a technician who takes a retinal photography of the back of the eye. The only drops they give are the ones to dilate pupils.

But since you mentioned your cousin has cataracts perhaps that’s why she was given eye drops? (although that wouldn’t happen in a diabetic eye screening session).

I was prescribed drops when I had cataracts as apparently I had a residual inflammation and unless I got rid of it I wouldn’t have been able to be operated on to remove them (I can’t remember if I took them for a few weeks or a month) but that was from the eye hospital I turned to when I realised I had cataracts.

I then had to take drops for 14 days prior the day of the operation and obviously more drops after the operation (for a month).

Cataracts cause watery eye (and sometime even pressure pain depending on how big they are) but there are no drops for that or at least I wasn’t given any as I was told the operation would have fixed it.

I am assuming your cousin has watery eyes because she has cataracts and not because of the drops she was given?

 

[Lifeisnoteasy]

Thank you everyone for responding, but i think you have miss the point. The question was why does she have to have a second lengthy examination which puts a strain on her eyes

 

[lucylocket61]

Thank you everyone for responding, but i think you have miss the point. The question was why does she have to have a second lengthy examination which puts a strain on her eyes

why do you think it puts a strain on her eyes? If she needs further examination, it will be for a good reason to help her sight.

 

[Z_e_u_s]

Thank you everyone for responding, but i think you have miss the point. The question was why does she have to have a second lengthy examination which puts a strain on her eyes

If she has visits because of the cataracts there are i think 3 visits before you walk into a theatre for the operations, plus biometrics to choose the best lens to fit.

It's a tedious process (at least in the UK, other countries are way better at dealing with these issues).

 

[EllieM]

Thank you everyone for responding, but i think you have miss the point. The question was why does she have to have a second lengthy examination which puts a strain on her eyes

I think that is a question that only her medical team can answer. But (at least in the countries I've lived in) they generally only do more eye tests if they have a good reason to do so. Diabetics used to often go blind: the purpose of the eye checks is to detect eye problems and treat them before this happens.

I can't say I enjoy having my eyes prodded/poked/messed with but I put up with it with the knowledge that eye doctors have now been treating diabetics for decades and have improved their techniques as a result, Though some still lose sight, there are nothing like the percentages of diabetics that there used to be.

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

In Australia, you have to have eye drops as the optometrist or the ophthalmologist will not examine your eyes without them.

I have never had any strained eyes from having them put into my eyes.