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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: slit lamp exam?
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A 40-year old asked:
Do I have to bring someone along, or can I drive after the slit lamp exam?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can incipient cataracts be diagnosed with a slit-lamp examination? Any additional tests required if slit lamp doesn't reveal anything?
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A 20-year old male asked:
By what age do retinal cells stop dividing?Is is likely for a 20 yo to get retinoblastoma? Can one get it in just 20 days?Can slit-lamp detect it?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Is angle recession seen on slit lamp within a week after hyphema,which causes traumatic glaucoma? or it can remain undiagnosed and require follow ups?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can the bright light from a slit lamp damage your eyes if it is used twice in one week to examine the cornea and surface? What kind of damage?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What is the maximum exposure time for slit lamp examination? My ophthalmologist used the slit lamp on my eyes for 5 min. Could this damage the eyes?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I saw online that a slit lamp exam can damage your retina. I have had 3 slit lamp exams within a month and two in one week. Could my eyes be damaged?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Ghosting of vision (night light;reading white text in black background) in eyes.Doc checked cornea and lens with slit lamp: no issues. Astigmatism?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have a few tiny brown spots on colored part of my eye. Asked eye dr if they were lisch nodules and she looked Closely with slit lamp and said no. ?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Is it true that long term corneal erosion occurring due to intial corneal abrasion may have completely normal slit lamp findings on frequent basis. But patient is treated on the basis of painful symptoms from abraded cornea / recurrent erosion?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is an ophthalmologist looking at/for when he puts a lens on the patient's eye after numbing it and looking through a slit lamp?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Hey doc,can slit lamp exam on undilated pupils detect retinal detachment at preliminary stage ? and then dilating for confirmation....or it is mandatory to dilate the pupils in order to detect retinal detachment in the first place. thanks doc?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can examination with slit-lamp (dilated pupil) determine if a tear or retinal detachment has occurred? Also if post vitreous detachment is occurring?
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A 20-year old male asked:
If 90% of primary ocular HSV infection is sub clinical, with no issues seen in slit lamp exam, can a viral culture reach a definite conclusion?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Doc, Can slit lamp examine optic nerve without use of dilating drops? Also please tell me that if person with angle recession induced by injury has normal eye pressure in yearly checks. Is it likely that history of injury is not leading to glaucoma?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can opthalmologist diagnose inflammation of eye like iritis/uveitis or mild inflammation after trauma just by looking at the eyes on a video call? without the aid of a slit lamp. is it possible?
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A 25-year old male asked:
If there is inflammation inside eye and doctor directly performs dilated exam with indirect opthalmoscope. Will the inflammation be picked up in that case? or its important to conduct slit lamp exam first for "cell and flare effect" to diagnose it?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What is the risk of retinal detachment after a concussion? All OCT test results were normal. A slit lamp exam performed by an ophthalmologist found normal, healthy retinas but partial vitreous shift causing new floaters. Trauma occurred 7 months ago?
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A 25-year old male asked:
30 days ago while rubbing left eye, I knuckled it too hard as if pressed on the eyeball. Since then I am having pain with mild blur. The pain after a month has reduced but not completely gone .slit lamp exam is normal. is it muscle trauma/strain?
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A 34-year old asked:
No power. All I have is an old kerosene lamp and flashlights. Will the fumes make us sick?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Should i be concerned about about a dime sized, soft indentation on top of my head? Approx 1/8th" deep caused by lamp falling on it about 2 weeks ago.
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A 53-year old female asked:
Cercoidosis lamps breast?
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A 64-year old female asked:
Can infared lamps help with pain?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can turning on a lamp help sundown syndrome?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can the mercury in a broken lamp cause me serious harm?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Types of Fungus that are not detected by Wood's Lamp test?
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A 34-year old asked:
Are psoriosis phototherapy uvb lamps effective?
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A female asked:
Are salt lamps bad for someone with HBP?
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A 40-year old asked:
To sun lamps help with circadian rhythm disorder?
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