Our ophthalmologists and optometrists offer comprehensive care for your medical and surgical eye care needs near Banga and Phagwara, in Dhahan-Kaleran, in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District in Punjab.
From glaucoma, cataracts and other types of vision correction, we work as a team to improve sight for all ages.
We also carry the latest eye testing equipment including an auto refractometer, non-contact tonometer and keratometer.
Who should see an ophthalmologist?
An ophthalmologist is a doctor of the eyes. They treat eye diseases and vision problems. Sometimes, these treatments involve surgery. Opthamologists also prescribe glasses and contact lenses to correct distorted vision.
Optometrists are also eye doctors. However, they help with primary eye care, such as eye exams, eye prescriptions, fitting for glasses and ongoing care of eye conditions.
In general, if you or your child have trouble seeing, or experience abnormalities with your eyes, you should see an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
It is important to note that vision problems can occur before symptoms appear. For this reason it is important to have your eyes screened on a regular basis. For most people, this is once per year. Children should be screened by age 6.
Those with diabetes should especially be in touch with an eye doctor. They can be at risk for diabetic retinopathy.
Eye symptoms to look out for include:
- Loss of vision or reduced vision (e.g. blurriness or waviness)
- Inability to see up close (i.e., farsightedness, or hyperopia)
- Inability to see at a distance (i.e., nearsightedness, or myopia)
- Inability to see in low light
- Seeing shadows, curtains or black spots
- Seeing light forms, such as flashes, streaks or rings of light
- Seeing excessive floaters, especially in clusters or clouds
- Sensitivity to light
- Double vision (i.e. diplopia)
- Inability to see certain colours
- Eye pain (including redness, swelling, stinging or itching, etc.)
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
- Eye discharge
- Eye fatigue
- Crossed eyes (strabismus), or eyes that are not straight (especially in children)
- Drooping eye(s) or lazy eye (especially in children)
- Frequent squinting (especially in children)
- Bumping into things and being clumsy (especially in children)
- Dry eyes
- Recurring headaches
- Foreign substances in the eyes (e.g. chemicals, sand, etc.)
And so on.
Ophthalmology services
Our medical eye services include:
- Eye exams including:
- Automated perimetry (i.e. peripheral vision test)
- Corneal topography
- A-scans
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Visual acuity test
- Pupil test
- Eye muscle test
- Color blindness test
- Eye disease diagnoses
- Eye medication prescriptions (e.g. eye drops to reduce pressure, antibiotics for eye infections, etc.)
- Eyeglasses and contact lens prescriptions (e.g. for astigmatism)
- Contact lens cleaning, fitting and polishing
- Topical phaco cataract surgery (requires no stitching, injections or bandages) using a variety of intraocular lens (IOL) implants including toric, multifocal, trifocal and extended depth of focus (EDOF)
- Secondary IOL transplantations such as glued IOLs
- YAG laser capsulotomy for capsular opacifications
- YAG laser iridotomy for glaucoma
- Trabeculectomy filtration surgery (i.e. glaucoma surgery)
- Retina treatments
- Pterygium surgery with autografting, amniotic membrane grafting and limbal stem cell transplantation
- Dry eye therapy
- Eye injury surgery and treatment
- Amblyopia correction (especially for children)
