Frustrations with Insurance & Eye Care
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In this post I wanted to tackle a practical topic that often causes frustrations for both you and your eye doctor. When you, or in our case your child, is getting an eye exam there could be confusion about what insurance covers the exam. It is important to understand the difference between a “routine” eye exam and a “medical” eye exam.
Visit pageAmblyopia Patching Tips
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Amblyopia (commonly referred to as “lazy eye”) is a decreased vision of one or less commonly both eyes in an otherwise structurally normal eye. This is often caused by a difference in glasses prescription between the two eyes or eye misalignment (strabismus). To treat amblyopia, we often use occlusion therapy, or patching. This works by covering the ‘good’ eye and forcing the child to use the amblyopic eye and stimulating those neural pathways.
Visit pageCan Crossed Eyes or Wandering Eyes Be Fixed?
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People with strabismus—the medical term for eye misalignment—whether they have an eye that turns in (esotropia) or wanders out (exotropia), or an eye that goes up (hypertropia), don't have to just "live with it." In almost all cases, they can be treated successfully. The most common treatment options are eye muscle surgery and eye glasses.
Visit pageGlaucoma
Glaucoma is a specific pattern of diseases that damage the optic nerve, which carries the images we see to the brain.
Visit pageRetina Issues
The retina is the tissue paper-thin membrane in the back of the eye that acts like the ”˜film' in a camera. The retina collects information from the images projected upon it and sends it along the optic nerve to the brain, where it is interpreted and experienced as sight.
Visit pageFAQS: Clinical Research
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Clinical research involves medical research studies in which patients volunteer to participate. A clinical trial is used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an “intervention” to prevent, diagnose, or treat an eye disease or disorder.
Visit pageThe Research Team
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The Spokane Eye Clinical Research team is a group of highly trained and knowledgeable individuals who are exclusively assigned to aid in conducting clinical trials at the Spokane Eye Clinic.
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