Adult and Pediatric Optometrist

Complete Vision Assessment & Eye Health Evaluation

Island Eye Care offers complete eye exams for the whole family. Dr. Turner received specialized training to examine newborns, children, and adults. His experience extends from routine exams for eyeglasses or contact lenses to specialized exams for specific eye problems.

Dr. Turner uses the latest in refractive equipment to find the exact prescription that gives you the clearest and crispest vision. Dr. Turner will then discuss all options for your individual visual needs including recommendations for contact lenses, glasses, no-line bifocals, reading and computer options, or refractive surgery.

Most common vision complaints:

• Trouble reading restaurant menus
• Trouble with night vision or driving at night
• My arms are getting too short or My reading vision has gotten too blurry
• I get headaches when I drive, read, or look at a computer for too long
• My eyes burn when I look at a computer screen
• I can't read street signs

The 2nd part of our exams is to check your ocular health and examine the vision you will have well into the future. Many conditions that affect the body can affect vision including high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, cancer, and many more. Dr. Turner will thoroughly examine your eye health including tests for Glaucoma, Cataracts, and Macular Degeneration. Not only will Dr. Turner examine your ocular health, but YOU the patient will also get a chance to see your own Retina with a full explanation of your eyes.

Retinal Exam

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Children Exams

At Island Eye Care we believe children's vision and children's eye exams are just as important as adult exams. Sometimes children don't know how the world should look, so they might not be able to tell mom and dad there is a visual problem. Dr. Turner recommends thorough eye examinations for all children prior to starting school, ideally at the age of 3, then 5, then yearly visits. Dr. Turner is also an InfantSEE doctor, which allows all children under the age of 1 to have an eye exam at no cost to mom and dad. Children's eye exams will test for: visual acuity, eye muscle development, color vision, stereo or depth testing, focusing ability, and retinal health as well.

Expectant mother? Come in to the office at any time to discuss with Dr. T what to expect as a parent.

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Signs of potential vision problems in children include:

• Eye muscle development
• Focus ability
• Retinal condition
• Vision Acuity
• Squiting, closing or covering one eye
• Excessive blinking or rubbing of the eyes
• Tiring during school work
• Dislike and/or avoidance of close work
• Short attention span
• Placing head close to page when reading
• Losing place while reading or using finger to keep their place
• Complaints of headaches
• Turning or tilting head to one side

Dr. Turner can answer any questions that you may have about your child's eye health.

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Retinal Exams:

Island Eye Care strongly recommends that all patients receive a dilated retinal examination with their routine, annual eye exam. Regular retinal examinations help to detect problems such as:

• Macular Degeneration
• Glaucoma
• Retinal Holes or Detachments
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Pre-Stroke Conditions
• Clogged Carotid Arteries
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Diabetes
• Metastatic Tumors

With our digital retinal camera we can record any abnormal findings and compare them with past and future exams.

     
     

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Vision Correction:

Island Eye Care offers the most technologically advanced contact lens designs available. We specialize in lenses that you can wear daily, monthly or continuously. We can even fit you with lenses that you can wear overnight to correct your vision all day. We can fit almost anyone, from patients with astigmatism to patients who need a bifocal; we can even fit lenses to change your eye color. If you are a current contact lens wearer or if you are interested in learning what contact lenses may be able to do for you, our doctor is happy to discuss all of your options with you. Laser Vision Correction may decrease or eliminate your dependence on glasses and contact lenses for vision correction. These outpatient procedures can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism by gently reshaping the front surface of your eye with a cool beam of light. To determine whether LASIK or another laser procedure is a good option for you, Dr. Turner will perform specific testing discuss all of your vision correction options.

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Acute & Continuing Care

Unfortunately, patients occasionally have problems that cannot be solved with glasses or contact lenses. Dr. Turner is educated in the most up to date therapies for many eye problems, from "pink eye" to glaucoma. Dr. Turner is always available for urgent care and if there is ever a problem that he cannot solve, he will refer you to a specialist for further care.

Eye Conditions

• Glaucoma:
  This is a disease characterized by increased pressure inside the eye. There are often no symptoms until damage has already been done to your vision. If left untreated, it can cause blindness by permanently damaging the optic nerve. If caught early there are therapies that may slow the progression of the damage.
• Macular Degeneration:
  A degeneration of the part of the retina that is responsible for straight-on vision used for driving, reading, and recognizing faces. It is the most common cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age. Diabetic Retinopathy: A weakening of tiny blood vessels in the retina which can leak fluid into surrounding tissue causing blurred vision and severe vision loss associated with diabetes. Blindness can result if the condition is not treated in its early stages.

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