They pulled a fast one on the viewers in this segment. That was NOT a "live" view of the eye. The way Optomap works is that you place the patient at the machine as you see on this video, then you press a button which snaps a VERY bright light and it's at this moment when Optomap takes a still photo of your eye. They were looking at a still photo, not a live picture. I don't know why they misled us like that---it doesn't make sense.
I had this done last week - absolutely amazing, I got to see the back of my eye for the first time! My doctor didn't find anything wrong with me, but it gave me piece of mind. Extra cool, because this replaced the need for me to be dilated! Awesome!
Basically, all you see is a green circle. You just stare at it. Than the Dr. tells you to press a buttons and the machine takes a snapshot of the whole back of your eye. The retina.
It can detect things such as, Melanoma (cancer), Diabetes, and many other diseases.
I had the experience a little while after I posted that comment.
I had a tour of a retina specialist's building.
He did tests on me, and everything. I have little eyes, and am almost blind, but the machine couldn't pick up a good snapshot because my eyes are so tiny. Its what I was born with. So, what other tests did they do on you?
They pulled a fast one on the viewers in this segment. That was NOT a "live" view of the eye. The way Optomap works is that you place the patient at the machine as you see on this video, then you press a button which snaps a VERY bright light and it's at this moment when Optomap takes a still photo of your eye. They were looking at a still photo, not a live picture. I don't know why they misled us like that---it doesn't make sense.
smitty195 4 months ago
I had this done last week - absolutely amazing, I got to see the back of my eye for the first time! My doctor didn't find anything wrong with me, but it gave me piece of mind. Extra cool, because this replaced the need for me to be dilated! Awesome!
stuhoo 2 years ago
What does the patient see in the eyepiece? Anything?
medicaldud 2 years ago
I had it done today.
Basically, all you see is a green circle. You just stare at it. Than the Dr. tells you to press a buttons and the machine takes a snapshot of the whole back of your eye. The retina.
It can detect things such as, Melanoma (cancer), Diabetes, and many other diseases.
My tests came out normal.
Go check yours out! :)
Knife99 2 years ago 2
I had the experience a little while after I posted that comment.
I had a tour of a retina specialist's building.
He did tests on me, and everything. I have little eyes, and am almost blind, but the machine couldn't pick up a good snapshot because my eyes are so tiny. Its what I was born with. So, what other tests did they do on you?
medicaldud 2 years ago
The basic stuff, like "distance test".
They put some liquid in my eyes...it made them feel soo heavy!
Knife99 2 years ago
I don't like that liquid. They use that to numb the eye. Did they do a GDX?
Where you focus on a red blinking light?
medicaldud 2 years ago
Yes.
I got myself some cool shades after-words. LOL.
Knife99 2 years ago
What did the GDX show?
What did the optimap show?
medicaldud 2 years ago
It showed normal stuff.
The OptoMap showed that my optic nerves were different sizes. The Dr. said that's normal.
Were your optic nerves the same size or different??
Knife99 2 years ago
Mine are very tiny. I am almost blind in both eyes. I was born with very very tiny eyes. They can't see my optic nerve very well with these machines.
I'm glad you were ok.
So, what did u think about the GDX?
Did that machine hum when the Dr. moved the red light around in that black chinrest?
medicaldud 2 years ago
Nope, I didn't hear anything.
It was just a quick flash - blinding kinda. LOL.
I'm nearsighted though. Are you?
Knife99 2 years ago
They don't know weather I'm near sighted because my vision is hardly good. I can see 4 out of 200.
I'm considered legally blind. To learn about my health Please read my channel.
It tells you all about me.
Thanks.
So, when they did the test, and you put your head in the machine, after that how long did it take for your f vision to return from the flash?
It only took mine like a few seconds.
I LOVE THAT TEST
medicaldud 2 years ago