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Can you tell me how an optometrist check for an eye disease?
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See ophthalmologist: If you want the best check for eye disease, see an ophthalmologist who has an MD and years more training than an optometrist. The eye, because it is a visual organ, is open to inspection with proper instruments and light sources directly. The ophthalmologist will observe almost any variance from normal anatomy and these are the findings to diagnose eye disease.
Answered 7/1/2014
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