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Should you wear contact to an eye exam?
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| saugilsr 2005-05-18, 11:26 am |
| My girlfriend just went to have hers eyes examined at a new optomitrist
(sp).
However, she was told that she was supposed to take her contacts out 24
ours before coming for the exam. Now she's been wearing contacts for a
while and has never come across this before.
She didn't ask why this was (she was a little anoyed at not being
informed).
Why would one need to remove their contacts 24 hours before getting an
eye exam?
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| drfrank21@gmail.com 2005-05-18, 11:26 am |
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saugilsr wrote:
> My girlfriend just went to have hers eyes examined at a new
optomitrist
> (sp).
> However, she was told that she was supposed to take her contacts out
24
> ours before coming for the exam. Now she's been wearing contacts for
a
> while and has never come across this before.
> She didn't ask why this was (she was a little anoyed at not being
> informed).
>
> Why would one need to remove their contacts 24 hours before getting
an
> eye exam?
It's really doctor preference and what type of exam (ie. getting refit
with cl's versus only getting a spectacle prescription)a patient is
getting. Myself, I prefer the patient coming in with their contacts
on so I can evaluate the fit of the cl's and such. But I've seen
other docs prefer patients coming in without their cl's.
frank
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| William Stacy 2005-05-18, 11:27 am |
| For me, it depends on whether or not the patient intends to get new
glasses prescribed. If they do, I like the CLs off at least for the day
of the exam (so at least 8 hours, 24 seems excessive to me). If they
are just renewing CL Rx, I prefer them to be wearing lenses if the
lenses are in relatively good shape. I don't much care to examine
through old grungy lenses.
w.stacy, o.d.
drfrank21@gmail.com wrote:
> saugilsr wrote:
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> optomitrist
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> 24
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> a
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> an
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> It's really doctor preference and what type of exam (ie. getting refit
> with cl's versus only getting a spectacle prescription)a patient is
> getting. Myself, I prefer the patient coming in with their contacts
> on so I can evaluate the fit of the cl's and such. But I've seen
> other docs prefer patients coming in without their cl's.
>
> frank
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| William Stacy 2005-05-18, 11:27 am |
| For me, it depends on whether or not the patient intends to get new
glasses prescribed. If they do, I like the CLs off at least for the day
of the exam (so at least 8 hours, 24 seems excessive to me). If they
are just renewing CL Rx, I prefer them to be wearing lenses if the
lenses are in relatively good shape. I don't much care to examine
through old grungy lenses.
w.stacy, o.d.
drfrank21@gmail.com wrote:
> saugilsr wrote:
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> optomitrist
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> 24
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> a
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> an
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> It's really doctor preference and what type of exam (ie. getting refit
> with cl's versus only getting a spectacle prescription)a patient is
> getting. Myself, I prefer the patient coming in with their contacts
> on so I can evaluate the fit of the cl's and such. But I've seen
> other docs prefer patients coming in without their cl's.
>
> frank
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