Eye Care FAQ

We answer Ocala and The Villages, FL most commonly asked questions about eye care, check ups, surgery, and more. 

The term 20/20 vision is commonly known as the standard of normal distance vision for a human being. Basically it means "good visual acuity at 20 feet." So if your vision is 20/20, you can read certain sizes of letters on a Snellen chart clearly at 20 feet or closer.

Cataracts are the clouding of the usually clear lens of the eye. A cataract diminishes the clarity and focus of light entering the eye. The only way to fix a cataract is to get it out of the way surgically and replace it with a clear lens implant. This is how vision is restored.

Glaucoma is often characterized by an increase in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of your eye. This building of pressure occurs because the fluid that normally flows in and out of the eye, has difficulty leaving through a sponge-like drainage system, called the trabecular meshwork.

When medications or laser treatment cannot lower eye pressure caused by glaucoma, surgery is usually recommended. Of the possible procedures, glaucoma filtration surgery using the iStent trabecular shunt, is a preferred treatment that Dr. Hunt performs.

You may schedule an eye care exam if you have not received one in a long time, or if you have existing eye conditions. Regularly getting an eye care exam, especially if you have existing vision issues, is an important part to staying on top of your health. Using a wide variety of tests and procedures to examine your eyes, ophthalmologists are able to fully evaluate your vision. 

The main steps in our eye care exam are as follows:

1. Discuss medical history

2. Check visual acuity 

3. Determine prescription 

4. Test pupils, side vision, & eye movement 

5. Measure eye pressure 

6. Check front part of eye 

7. Examine retina & optic nerve

More details about our Eye Care Exam can be found here.