OPTOMETRIST

Question 1

Optometrist role

Answer 1

-assess general health of eyes
-detect defects in vision

Question 2

Long sightedness

Answer 2

Can see things far in distance but not things close to face

Question 3

Short sightedness

Answer 3

Can see things close to face but not things far away in distance

Question 4

Dry macular degeneration

Answer 4

• most common kind
  -develops slowly
• gradual loss in vision

Question 5

Wet macular degeneration

Answer 5

• most serious kind
• rapid loss in vision
  -happens when abnormal blood vessels grown into macula and leak blood and fluid

Question 6

Macular degeneration

Answer 6

Causes loss in central field of vision

Question 7

Glaucoma

Answer 7

A group of eye conditions that cause blindness
Nerve connecting eye to brain is damaged due to high eye pressure

Question 8

Medicare optometrist

Answer 8

-covers eye tests once every year if 65+ and once every three years if under 65

Question 9

PBS optometrist

Answer 9

May subsidise cost of prescribed eye drops/ treatment for glaucoma

Question 10

PHI optometrist

Answer 10

Depending on level of cover
Can cover cost of prescription glasses

Question 11

PHI optometrist

Answer 11

Depending on level of cover
Can cover cost of prescription glasses