Glaucoma Eye Exams in Calgary

Pigmentary glaucoma occurs when pigment (colour) from your iris (the coloured part of your eye) flakes off. The flake disrupts fluid drainage and increases intraocular pressure.

This eye condition typically presents with symptoms of blurry vision or rainbow-coloured rings around lights.

Uveitic glaucoma develops in people with uveitis. Uveitis is an eye condition that causes swelling and inflammation in the eye, sometimes appearing similar to conjunctivitis (pink eye).

Although uveitis is treatable, the longer your eye is inflamed, the more likely you’ll develop scar tissue. The scar tissue in your eye can prevent fluids from draining normally.

If you experience ocular redness, irritation, or swelling, see our optometrists for an eye exam. Assessing your changing eye health can protect your sight.

Tonometry tests measure intraocular pressure (IOP), a significant indicator of optic nerve damage or glaucoma. A non-contact tonometer is a method of testing that doesn’t touch your eye. It’s also known as an air puff test, since the machine blows a quick puff of air at your eye. It’s less invasive than other tonometry tests, which often place a probe or tool directly against your eye.

The visual field test is another technology we use to detect signs of vision loss. Once the test starts, small lights begin flashing across various areas of the screen. Every time you see a light flash, you’ll record it (usually with a button) and we can track any areas where your vision is reduced or missing.

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging test that uses light ways to take cross-sectional images of your retina. This helps identify and diagnose ocular conditions and diseases, such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.

Frequency doubling technology (or FDT) is designed to help us detect loss of field of vision due to diseases like glaucoma.

The test places an image with one black and one white bar on a screen in front of you. When we alternate flickering the two bars at various frequencies, they should appear to double. If a patient can’t see the bars at a certain frequency, it may indicate vision loss.