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New contact lens could save the sight of 320,000 people


Local optician Buchanan Optometrists  to offer a sight saving new glaucoma test.


Glaucoma is a common eye condition that affects approximately half a million   remain undiagnosed. Without diagnosis      asymptomatic progressive permanent vision loss.


   will still progress to having further sight loss.


Now Buchanan Optometrists       undiagnosed and ineffectively treated glaucoma sufferers.


 can detect glaucoma earlier and monitor      to treatment regimes that can stop progression of the condition.


So why are so many people undiagnosed or receiving ineffective treatment?


Glaucoma specialist optometrist Alisdair Buchanan explains the pitfalls in current diagnostic techniques and treatments. “Most opticians and ophthalmologists rely on Intra Ocular  testing to detect and monitor glaucoma.     tests show it up. Any nerve damage is permanent and we need to diagnose glaucoma changes at a much earlier stage to allow us to save more of your eyesight.”


 glaucoma treatment and therefore they  your diagnosis and treatment plans.  the current ways IOPs are measured. IOPs are always measured during the daytime with you sat vertically; this


is often when pressures are at their lowest. So at your visit to an optician or ophthalmologist your IOPs may appear normal. But you may go  IOPs rise significantly. If the IOPs      your glaucoma can go undiagnosed or mistreated for years.


         much more easily and offer more effective treatment for those diagnosed         most accurate way of identifying and treating glaucoma.


Buchanan Optometrists are the first     this advanced technology. Extensively used worldwide in the diagnosis and      silicone contact lens contains tiny     lenses.


The time of day and length of time  and the effect of treatment on this can  then altered to ensure you have the maximum effect from your medication    can prevent glaucomatous damage to the retinal nerves.


        your Triggerfish measurements and      further glaucoma damage?


Rather than monitoring your glaucoma    we scan your optic nerve and retinal  Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomographer 4D eye scanner which


          can measure changes as small as 1  technique and doesn’t use any harmful   earlier than conventional methods. The         assessing if your IOP management is      considered the most accurate method of glaucoma detection at present.


Who should have a Triggerfish assessment?


   


 Glaucoma patients whose condition  have had to change your medication or  


 Patients with a family history of  normal.


    


 Patients diagnosed with ‘narrow         


       glaucoma assessment with Alisdair or 


           assessment and a separate appointment    


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