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Originally Posted by kscarrol
Maybe it's just my eye doc but I thought the digital retina scan negated the need to be dilated. Haven't been dilated in years but glad OP is looking good!
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Originally Posted by nerdogray
They no longer do dilation at my optometrist. They use this machine called an "Optomap" that gives what looks like the same kind of image. Pretty cool, though. Maybe five years ago, I had indications of high blood pressure in blood vessels of retina. Managed to reverse it and have had clean scans ever since. I think it's a great idea to have these done because some silent health issues will show up as kind of an "early warning."
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I just had the “Optomap”. It doesn’t completely eliminate any need for dilation. I am pretty myopic and have a pretty high diopter prescription, -6.75 to -7.25 range. Dilation wasn’t part of my routine exam, but my doctor recommended I schedule an appointment just for that, because of my high prescription. Haven’t done it yet, but I’m going to, because I haven’t had a dilated exam in over ten years.