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Annual eye exams are vital to maintaining your vision and overall health. We offer the Eyescape Digital Imaging System which allows us to take unprecedented high-resolution images of the interior of the eyes. These unique images provide us with a wide view to look at the health of your retina.
Doctor Gates is concerned about retinal problems including macular degeneration, retinal holes or detachments, glaucoma, optic nerve disease, and systemic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, side effects to various medications, etc. These conditions can lead to serious health problems, including partial vision loss or blindness, and often develop without warning and progress with no symptoms until significant damage has already been done. It is very important to find and diagnose these problems as early as possible in order to protect and preserve vision.
EyeScape Digital Imaging System provides:
- A digital image to show a healthy eye or detect disease.
- The opportunity for you to view and discuss the digital image of your eye with your doctor at the time of your exam.
- A permanent record for your file, which allows us to view your images each year to look for changes.
Here are actual images from the EyeScape system:
Diabetic Retinopathy
Branch Vein Occlusion
Retinal Scar (due to trauma)
Myelinated Nerve Fibers
As a fully licensed and equipped optometric practice, Jeffery E. Gates, OD & Associates offers a complete range of eye care services to all our patients.
Whether the eye care issue involves correcting refractive errors with eyeglass or contact lenses, or helping a student find amazing frames, or diagnosing/treating eye conditions and diseases, our experienced team will identify and implement the best eye care solutions for you.
Eye Health Evaluation
With our years of experience in diagnosing and treating typical vision disorders such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, amblyopia, presbyopia, cataracts, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, Dr. Jeffery E. Gates, OD and his team are equipped to provide appropriate therapeutic medical eye care.
At the same time, the Jeffery E. Gates, OD & Associates team offers a wide array of high quality eye care products at reasonable prices. Our patients never pay too much for the best quality in eyeglasses, contact lenses, sunglasses, progressive and bifocal lenses, and outstanding service.
Treatment of Eye Disease
If you are diagnosed with an eye disease, you want the best treatment available to get your eyes healthy again. At Jeffery E. Gates, OD & Associates, we stay current with best treatment practices. Based on your diagnosis, we may recommend a wide variety of approaches, including improved nutrition, prescription medicines, therapy and vision exercises, or medical procedures.
Good Eyecare Begins With A Yearly Eye Exam!
Although many do not realize it, the best way to protect your vision is with a yearly eye checkup. Even a basic eye exam can instantly detect many health-threatening conditions, such as tumors, vascular irregularities, and diabetes-related injury to the retina. At Jeffery E. Gates, OD & Associates, that basic checkup is brief and painless.
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LASIK, a form of refractive surgery, is an popular option for vision correction, often eliminating the need to wear glasses or contact lenses. Simply put, LASIK reshapes the cornea with a laser.
Other surgical alternatives have become available. Among these is a technique called phakic IOL implantation which involves implanting a lens behind the cornea, but in front of the iris. With this new option, many of those who were too highly nearsighted for LASIK are now candidates for refractive surgery.
If you are interested in refractive surgery, please let us know. Refractive surgery is not to be taken lightly. Detailed testing is necessary to determine whether or not you are a good candidate for the surgery. If testing shows you to be a good candidate, we can help you choose the refractive surgeon who is most appropriate for your case. In addition, we provide post-operative care for refractive surgery.
