New Latest Technology Retinal Eye Exam produces an image that is as unique as your fingerprint.
Now at Health Plus!

Annual eye exams are vital to maintaining your vision and overall health. Our Health Plus Family Vision Care office now offers the optomap® Retinal Exam as an important part of our eye exams. The optomap® Retinal Exam produces an image that is as unique as your fingerprint and provides the doctors with a wide view to look at the health of your retina. The retina is the part of your eye that captures the image of what you are looking at, similar to film in a camera.

Many eye problems can develop without you knowing. You may not even notice any change in your sight.
But, diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, retinal tears or detachments, and other health
problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure can be seen with a thorough exam of the retina.

The optomap® Retinal Exam provides:

A scan to show a healthy eye or detect disease,most often without having to dilate the pupils!

A view of the retina, giving your doctor a more detailed and expansive view than he/she can get by other means.

Even children can have this scan taken!

The opportunity for you to view and discuss the optomap® image of your eye with your doctor at
the time of your exam.

A permanent record for your file, which allows our doctors to view your images each year to look for changes.

The optomap® Retinal Exam is fast, easy, and comfortable for all ages. To have the exam, you simply
look into the device one eye at a time and you will see a comfortable flash of light to let you know the
image of your retina has been taken.

The optomap® image is shown immediately on a computer screen so we can review it with you.

Please schedule your optomap® Retinal Exam today exclusively at our Health Plus Location.

Children's vision care is essential to every child's development. Experts say that over 80 percent of what a child learns in school is presented visually, so making sure your son or daughter has good vision can make a big difference in their academic performance.

Routine eye exams for children can detect any nearsightedness, farsightedness and/or astigmatism your child has so it can be promptly treated with eyeglasses or contact lenses. Routine exams are also needed to make sure your child's eyes are healthy and to rule out amblyopia, strabismus and other binocular vision problems that may interfere with your child's vision development, academic performance and sports vision.

As a parent, you may wonder whether your preschooler has a vision problem or when you should schedule your child's first eye exam.

The Potential Pitfalls of Shopping for Spectacles Online

The Internet has fast become one of the most influential global forces. While it has helped open people up to amazing opportunities throughout the world, it has also demonstrated similarities to Pandora's Box. Some things are better left unopened; or at least reserved for a trained professional to open. This is especially true of the burgeoning online health and medical industry. Specifically, online consumers and Internet shoppers now have virtually unfiltered, unrestricted access to prescription spectacles with a critical gap in safety standards and compliance regulations. Because of this, we'd like to highlight the following study's investigative observations: Safety and Compliance of Prescription Spectacles Ordered by the Public via the Internet (The authors of the study are: Karl Citek, O.D., Ph.D., Daniel L. Torgersen, MBA, MS, Jeffrey D. Endres, ABOC, and Robert R. Rosenberg, O.D.).

This study explores the process of ordering prescription glasses through Internet vendors as well as the actual delivery of these items to public consumers, primarily measuring compliance with the optical tolerance and impact resistance requirements for eyewear dispensed in the United States.

In total, 200 eyewear orders were purchased through online vendors by 10 different participants in the study. The orders were evenly divided to account for important variables such as lens and frame materials, lens styles, and refractive corrections. Ten individuals ordered 2 pairs of spectacles from each of the top 12 highest traffic-ranking spectacle-vendor websites in order to best replicate the average consumer experience for online spectacle shopping.

Stats…
According to the Canadian Diabetes Association:

• More than 9 million Canadians are living with diabetes or prediabetes
• Diabetic retinopathy (the detrimental effect diabetes can have on the eyes and vision) affects 23% of people with type 1 diabetes and 14% of people with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy.
  
  
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A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is simply a blocked oil gland in your eyelid that starts to swell. A stye is caused by staph bacteria that is normally found in your nose and is transferred to the eye. The first signs of a hordeolum are pain, redness, tenderness and swelling in the affected area, which eventually leads to a small pimple forming. You may also notice frequent watering in the affected eye, increased sensitivity to light and a feeling like something is in your eye.

Our sun emits light at many different wavelengths, making up the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum encompasses light from high wavelength/low energy radio waves to low wavelength/high energy gamma rays (see diagram). Only a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is responsible for our sense of sight. This portion is known as visible light and ranges from 760-780 nm (red) to 380-400 nm (violet). Ultraviolet (UV) light falls in the range of 10-400 nm and is therefore not visible to the human eye. Since UV light has a shorter wavelength than visible light, it will have more energy (higher frequency) and thus penetrate objects more readily. When excess amounts of UV light penetrate the human skin and also the human eye, structural damage can result.

Do you struggle with needlework and crossword puzzles?

Do you feel your arms just aren’t long enough anymore?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you may be experiencing normal, age-related loss of near focusing ability — which is known as Presbyopia.

Why not try contact lenses!

With the winter season in full swing, having to wear glasses may get in the way of some of your favourite winter sports. If your glasses fog up while skiing or make your hockey game more difficult, contact lenses could be the solution.

Diabetes occurs when the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin, leading to excess sugar (glucose) in the bloodstream. Diabetes can affect many parts of the body, including the eyes. The high levels of glucose in the blood can cause the tiny blood vessels in the retina to weaken and leak, leading to a condition known as diabetic retinopathy.

Our doctors keep up with all of the current medical and therapeutic options for chronic dry eyes

People with Dry Eye Syndrome will notice their eyes feeling sandy, scratchy and irritated. They may also experience blurred vision, a burning sensation and/or excessive tearing. There are several different causes of dry eye.