A disease often associated with burning, irritation, and foreign body sensation

Flashes and floaters starting suddenly with missing or distorted vision

Being able to see close up is known as

A defect in vision that can be corrected with prescription lenses or refractive surgery

An eyecare professional that is specially trained in correcting refractive errors and treating medical conditions but cannot perform surgery

This condition of the lens can cause glare, halos around lights, blurred vision, difficulty driving at night, and trouble seeing small print.

This can cause extreme light sensitivity, redness, tearing, and an inability to open the eye

Being able to see up close but having difficulty far away is known as

The process of using various diagnostic lenses to correct imperfect vision

An eye care professional authorized to perform surgical procedures and injections

A procedure to remove a cloudy lens and replace it with an intraocular lens implant

This can cause extreme light sensitivity, redness, tearing, and an inability to open the eye and is often related to contact lens overuse

Gradually losing the ability to see up close usually occurring in a patients mid-late 40's

A diagnostic test used to estimate a glasses prescription using light reflections from the back of the eye, can be used as a starting point for a final refraction

A clinical assistant that may or may not be certified and performs ancillary and diagnostic testing to help gather information for the doctor to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients

A cloudy membrane that forms after cataract surgery and often requires laser surgery to remove, also called "secondary cataract".

Can often be seen as a rash that takes up 1/4 of the face with a lesion on the tip of the nose (hint- does not cross midline and only affects one side of the face).

A progressive disease causing a decrease in central vision (hint- one type can be treated with intraocular injections)

Using soft or hard lenses on the surface of the eye to correct a refractive error, requires dilation once per year

An eyecare professional that aids in documentation, clinical billing, and patient care

Treatment for this condition can include artificial tears, ointments, gels, warm compresses, lid scrubs, and a bedside humidifier.

Pain, redness, blurred vision, nausea, and halos around lights can be associated with this disease that affects the optic nerve

A progressive corneal disease causing gradually steepening and thinning of the central cornea leading to an inferior cone shape

A form patients a required to have completed by their eye care provider to renew their driver's license

A professional that measures glasses frames and makes lenses customized to each patients needs