Download - World Optometry Day March 23
![Page 1: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
World Optometry Day
March 23
![Page 2: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
The Eye
![Page 3: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Why do we need spectacles?
![Page 4: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Astigmatism
![Page 5: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Sight after age 40
![Page 6: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Cataract
![Page 7: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Diabetes and Hypertension
![Page 8: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Diabetic Retinopathy
![Page 9: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Glaucoma
![Page 10: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Low Vision Devices
![Page 11: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Computer Vision Syndrome(Blink often & break
continuity)
![Page 12: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
• An optometrist is a trained health care professional who provides eye care.
•An optometrist is the first line of defense for vision protection.
• An optometrist looks after general ocular health by diagnosing and often treating eye and visual disorders.
• An optometrist examines, diagnoses and treats visual conditions.
• An optometrist provides specialized treatments like vision therapy.
• An optometrist manages and co-manages your eye and other health care issues.
What is an optometrist?
![Page 13: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
What does an optometrist do?
www.indianoptometryfederation.org
![Page 14: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
• An independent primary health-care profession.
• Optometrists are the primary healthcare practitioners of the eye and visual system. They provide comprehensive eye and vision care - which includes refraction, dispensing, the detection/diagnosis and management of diseases in the eye, and the rehabilitation of conditions of the visual system.
World Health Organization defines optometry as:
![Page 15: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Visit an Optometrist Today!
![Page 16: World Optometry Day March 23](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062314/56812d13550346895d91ec5c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
www.asco-india.org
This presentation has been brought to you by
Indian Optometry Federation and Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry – India.
www.indianoptometryfederation.org
Sponsored by: