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Exámenes caseros de la visión - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Examen de agudeza visual en casa; Examen con rejilla de Amsler

Cuáles Son Los Riesgos:

Los exámenes no presentan riesgos.

Consideraciones especiales:

Si tiene cualquiera de los siguientes síntomas, hágase un examen ocular profesional:

Dificultad para enfocar objetos cercanos.
Visión doble.
Dolor ocular.
Sensación de tener una "piel" o "película" sobre el ojo o los ojos.
Cambio frecuente de gafas.
Destellos de luces, manchas oscuras o imágenes similares a sombras.
Los objetos o los rostros lucen borrosos o nublados.
Anillos de colores como el arco iris alrededor de las luces.
Las líneas verticales lucen onduladas.
Problemas para ver de noche, problemas para adaptarse a las habitaciones oscuras.

Si los niños presentan cualquiera de los siguientes síntomas, también deben someterse a un examen oftalmológico profesional:

Estrabismo.
Dificultades en la escuela.
Parpadeo excesivo.
Acercarse mucho a un objeto (por ejemplo, al televisor) para verlo.
Inclinación de la cabeza.
Mirada con los ojos entrecerrados.
Ojos llorosos.

Examen de la agudeza visual

Reviewed last on: 2/10/2011
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Franklin W. Lusby, MD, Ophthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Colenbrander A. Measuring vision and vision loss. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009:chap 51.

Skarf B, Glaser JS, Trick GL. Neuro-ophthalmologic examination: the visual sensory system. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009:chap 2.

American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns Committee. Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines. Comprehensive Adult Medical Eye Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2010. Accessed January 17, 2011.

Miller D, Schor P, Magnante P. Optics of the normal eye. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 2.6.

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