do optometrists deal with a lot of blood or cutting people's eyes open? or is that just the eye surgeons job?
2007-11-02 05:05:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Very indirectly: when looking at your eyes they examine the interior of the eye for signs of damage like a torn retina or illnesses like diabetes.
2007-11-02 07:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Optometrists do not see any blood, unless they are careless with a letter opener or a kitchen knife. Their job involves giving eye tests.
Ophthalmic surgeons or ophthalmologists are involved in performing surgical operations on the eye. Even then, there is not much blood.
2007-11-02 06:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sandy G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no Optometrists, as the word suggest deals with measuring your vision. Surgeons dealing with eyes are called opthalmic surgeons, they are also known as Eye,Ear,Nose and Throat Surgeons.
2007-11-02 05:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by Mon B. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eye surgeon...the optometrist deals just in your sight...
2007-11-02 05:51:37 · answer #4 · answered by madsmaha1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Optometrists, also known as doctors of optometry, or ODs, provide most primary vision care. They examine people’s eyes to diagnose vision problems and eye diseases, and they test patients’ visual acuity, depth and color perception, and ability to focus and coordinate the eyes. Optometrists prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses and provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation. Optometrists analyze test results and develop a treatment plan. They administer drugs to patients to aid in the diagnosis of vision problems and prescribe drugs to treat some eye diseases. Optometrists often provide preoperative and postoperative care to cataract patients, as well as to patients who have had laser vision correction or other eye surgery. They also diagnose conditions caused by systemic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, referring patients to other health practitioners as needed.
Optometrists should not be confused with ophthalmologists or dispensing opticians. Ophthalmologists are physicians who perform eye surgery, as well as diagnose and treat eye diseases and injuries. Like optometrists, they also examine eyes and prescribe eyeglasses and contact lenses.
2007-11-02 05:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by jhulia g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they only deal with eyes
2007-11-02 05:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They deal with eyesight and vision. An opthamologist is a doctor of eye disease.
2007-11-02 05:08:36 · answer #7 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you eat too much eye candy they usually send you to the eye surgeon to cut it out
2007-11-02 05:09:49 · answer #8 · answered by phantapantz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no need of blood for optometrists...
2007-11-02 06:39:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just check for sight problems, nothing to do with operations. if they find a problem they send you to the hospital.
2007-11-02 05:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by *Evenstar* 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋