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👁️ Ophthalmology
👁️ Specialist Eye Care for Clearer Vision and Better Quality of Life
At UNTH Clinics, our Ophthalmology Clinic provides comprehensive eye care for children, adults, and older patients. We help patients prevent, detect, treat, and manage eye conditions that may affect vision, comfort, safety, and daily living.
Our services cover routine eye checks, vision testing, eye infections, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, retinal concerns, eye injuries, and follow-up care for ongoing eye problems.
What Is Ophthalmology?
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine focused on the eye, vision, and diseases of the visual system. It involves diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and surgical management of eye disorders.
Because many serious eye diseases may begin quietly, regular eye checks are important, especially for people with diabetes, hypertension, a family history of glaucoma, previous eye injury, or advancing age
Core Services
Our Ophthalmology Clinic provides:
- Comprehensive eye examination
- Vision testing and refraction
- Prescription guidance for glasses
- Cataract screening and management
- Glaucoma screening and monitoring
- Diabetic eye screening
- Treatment of red eye, infections, allergies, and inflammation
- Dry eye assessment and care
- Retinal and optic nerve evaluation
- Paediatric eye assessment
- Eye injury and emergency eye care
- Pre-operative and post-operative eye care
Conditions We Manage
We assess and treat common and serious eye conditions, including:
- Blurred vision
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Hypertensive eye disease
- Conjunctivitis
- Eye allergy and itching
- Dry eye syndrome
- Corneal infections or ulcers
- Uveitis
- Retinal problems
- Macular degeneration
- Floaters and flashes
- Eye injuries
- Squint / strabismus
- Lazy eye / amblyopia
- Eyelid swelling or infection
- Headache related to vision problems
When to See an Eye Doctor
You should visit an ophthalmologist if you notice:
- Sudden loss of vision
- Persistent blurred or cloudy vision
- Eye pain or redness
- Double vision
- Flashes of light or sudden floaters
- Eye injury
- Severe headache with visual symptoms
- Halos around lights
- Persistent itching, tearing, or discharge
- Vision changes in diabetes or hypertension
Sudden changes in vision should be treated as urgent.
Eye Tests and Examinations
Depending on your symptoms, your doctor may recommend:
- Visual acuity test
- Refraction test
- Eye pressure check / tonometry
- Slit-lamp examination
- Fundoscopy / ophthalmoscopy
- Pupil dilation
- Colour vision assessment
- Eye movement and alignment assessment
- Diabetic eye evaluation
These tests help detect problems early and guide the right treatment plan.
Treatments and Procedures
Our ophthalmology team may provide or coordinate:
- Eye drops, ointments, and other eye medications
- Antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy, and lubricating treatment
- Glaucoma medication and monitoring
- Dry eye care
- Diabetic eye monitoring
- Eye infection treatment
- Foreign body removal
- Eye injury care
- Eye dressing and follow-up
Patients may also be evaluated or referred for cataract surgery, glaucoma procedures, retinal treatment, corneal care, eyelid procedures, squint management, laser procedures, or emergency eye surgery when required.
Basic Equipment Available
Our eye clinic is supported by essential ophthalmology tools such as:
- Visual acuity chart
- Trial lens set and trial frame
- Auto-refractor / keratometer
- Retinoscope
- Slit-lamp biomicroscope
- Ophthalmoscope
- Tonometer
- Lensometer
- Ophthalmic examination chair and stand
- Diagnostic eye drops
- Colour vision testing plates
- Eye irrigation and basic emergency eye care tools
- Sterile eye dressing and procedure materials
Where advanced imaging, laser care, or specialist surgery is required, patients may be referred or co-managed through appropriate specialist pathways.
What to Expect During Your Visit
Your visit may include:
- Registration and medical history review
- Discussion of your symptoms
- Vision testing
- Eye pressure check where required
- Detailed eye examination
- Diagnosis and explanation of findings
- Prescription, treatment, referral, or follow-up plan
Please come with your current glasses, previous prescriptions, medication list, and past eye test results if available.
Why Choose UNTH Clinics?
At UNTH Clinics, we combine specialist eye care with a patient-centred approach. Our focus is on early detection, clear explanation, safe treatment, organised follow-up, and coordinated care with other hospital departments when needed.
Patients with diabetes, hypertension, neurological symptoms, trauma, or chronic medical conditions benefit from our integrated hospital environment and structured clinical documentation.
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