Gambit’s H+W Stresses the Importance of Eye Care and Vision Health
The January issue of Gambit‘s H+W Magazine features an article on the importance of eye care and vision health. St. Charles Vision’s newest member to the team, Dr. Jeanne Herman, talks about eye exams, a check-up check list and SynergEyes!
“The retina gives us an insider’s view of the blood vessels in the body,” says Dr. Jeanne Herman of St. Charles Vision. “For example, in people who have diabetes or kidney disease, there is damage to those vessels in those organs. The vessels in the back of the eye mimic those vessels in other organs, and we can give doctors a heads up to check those areas.”
Herman adds to those components an optical coherence tomography, or OCT, a scan of tissue in the back of the eye that helps diagnose diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration as well as monitoring conditions like bleeding caused by diabetes and high blood pressure. She also uses corneal topography for mapping the front surface of the cornea to detect diseases on that part of the eye as well as aiding in properly fitting contact lenses. St. Charles Vision also routinely uses Optomap to keep a record of a patient’s eye condition over time. “It allows us to have a hard-copy data image of the tissue in the back of the eye so we can look from year to year to see if there are changes and early signs of disease,” she says. “That’s the most important part of the eye exam, getting a look at the back of the eye. It can help in detecting systemic diseases.
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