Eye Exam

Clear vision and healthy eyes both start with a thorough exam. Rosenberg Eye Center Inc provides eye exams in Miami, Tavernier, and Key West, Florida, with board-certified ophthalmologist and surgeon Stanley Rosenberg, MD, and Peter Gomez, OD. The practice offers personal, one-on-one attention in a setting that feels more attentive than a high-volume eye care office. Call Rosenberg Eye Center Inc or schedule an eye exam online today.

What happens during an eye exam?

During an eye exam, your provider asks about your vision, medical history, medications, family history, and any symptoms you’ve noticed.

Your eye exam may include tests to measure:

• Visual sharpness
• Eye pressure
• Eye movement
• Focusing ability
• Peripheral vision

Your provider may also check the front and back of your eyes with special instruments and dilate your pupils during some exams. Dilation gives your eye doctor a clearer view of the retina, optic nerve, blood vessels, and other structures inside your eye.

Eye exams may include prescription testing for glasses or contact lenses. If you wear glasses, your provider checks whether your prescription still delivers the clearest possible vision. 

Contacts sit directly on the eye, so your provider checks your eye shape, tear film, and lens fit to protect comfort and safety.

When do I need an eye exam?

You need an eye exam if your vision changes, your glasses no longer work well, or you develop new eye symptoms. You also need routine exams every few years, even when your eyes feel normal, especially as you get older.

Schedule an eye exam if you notice:

• Blurry vision
• Eye pain
• Redness
• New floaters
• Flashes of light
• Trouble seeing at night
• Frequent headaches
• Dry, burning, or watery eyes
• Trouble reading or using screens

You may need exams more often if you have diabetes, a higher glaucoma risk, a family history of eye disease, or past eye surgery.

Can an eye exam find health problems?

Dr. Rosenberg’s background in internal medicine helps the practice view eye health as part of whole-body wellness.

An eye exam can reveal signs of eye disease and sometimes signs of broader health concerns. For example, the blood vessels, nerves, and tissues inside your eye may show changes linked to:

• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Inflammation
• Autoimmune disease
• Medication side effects

Rosenberg Eye Center Inc provides medical eye exams for conditions like diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, macular degeneration, uveitis, dry eyes, floaters, and Plaquenil® malaria medication monitoring. They also evaluate cataracts, pterygium, styes, and other eye concerns.

Finding problems early gives patients more choices, and many eye conditions respond better when treatment starts before major vision changes occur.

If you need a routine checkup, updated prescription, or evaluation for new symptoms, Rosenberg Eye Center Inc can help. Call your nearest office or schedule an eye exam online today.