A 47-year-old member asked:
when an eye doctor examines you, can he or she really diagnose you by just looking in your eyes with a light?
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Dr. Alan Jackson answered
30 years experience Addiction Medicine
Many things can be.: diagnosed with an eye exam. But nothing replaces an annual general physical to determine if the rest of your body is healthy.
Answered on Oct 7, 2017
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