Please bring your old glasses and a list of you current medications you are taking. We would be glad to assist you with our vision or medical insurance. Please bring a copy of your current insurance card. If you have the type of insurance where you need a referral please let us know and we will be glad to help you. Visual Problems Visual problems are called refractive disorders.
Refraction refers to the bending or deflection of the light rays.
Refractive visual disorders are related to how your eye focuses light. The curvature of your cornea, and the power of your lens and the length of your eye influence how the eye refracts or bends rays of light. Nearsightedness Technically called myopia, nearsightedness means you have trouble seeing far. When the eye is too long in relation to the curvature of the cornea, images focus in front of the retina instead of on it and objects at distances appear blurred. Patients with myopia are able to see near objects.