Page 15 - The Freckled Eye - Book
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An ophthalmologist will regularly practice in a private office or a hospital
setting. While an ophthalmologist can recommend glasses and contact
lenses, his main focus is treating and managing ocular diseases. The job of
writing glasses and contact lens recommendations are usually passed to
assistants or technicians in the office.
Optometrist vs. ophthalmologist
The correspondence of services delivered by an optometrist and an
ophthalmologist are really confusing. In a nutshell, an optometrist makes
people see well through the usage of contact lenses and glasses. An
ophthalmologist might do this, but he likewise cares for and manages ocular
diseases (such as, glaucoma, contact-lens-related diseases) and eliminates
foreign bodies that can set in the eye. Another method of saying it is that an
ophthalmologist is mostly concentrated on surgical remedies to treat an
infected eye. On the other hand, an ophthalmologist also has the ability to
recommend glasses and contact lenses to assist patients’ in achieving better
vision.
