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Why don't people know what optometrists do? |
I've seen too many answers about optometrists vs ophthalmologists, and people claim that optometrists aren't doctors and can't treat any eye diseases. This is FALSE. Optometrists receive a Doctor of Optometry degree (O.D.) and are commonly referred to as the "eye doctor". It takes 4 years of training after undergraduate college to earn this degree. Optometrists are also well-trained to treat many eye diseases, including infections, injury, and glaucoma. For example, if you have a corneal ulcer, an optometrist can treat it with medication. They can also monitor patients who have diabetes. They also work with low vision patients and patients who have bincular vision problems. Optometrists are also trained to know when to refer to an ophthalmologist for surgery. ignorance they are eye doctors ! I believe you are making a rather generalized statement. Do you know every optometrist and what they treat and what they do not? I asked my eye doctor (who is a surgeon) today in fact (because of my many eye problems all I look at on this site are optical questions and I too have noticed many OD vs MD answers) as i was first diagnosed with a serious condition by an optometrist and also told I have borderline glaucoma by that same optometrist and my doctor said it varies from optometrist to optometrist. If every optometrist treated glaucoma, why was I reffered to a glaucoma specialist? In addition, my mother has severe diabetes and diabetic retinopathy and was reffered to an opthalmologist who hasn't done surgery or anything but just monitor her. I believe you are right in assuming some optometrists do but let's not make generalized statements about all of them. Perhaps that is the reason why you are seeing so many different answers- they all vary! My question to you is: why do you care if people understand or not?? |
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