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Query About Eye Testing

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Last March after my annual eye test at the doctors which came back stating I had diabetic retinopathy but no action was needed now and they would see me in a years time.Now the people who do this come from Queens University in Belfast and they are the ones who exam the photo so I have no contact with them at all except for the actual test so I do not know if it is slight,progressive,etc.My question is if I get it tested by my local optician and she photographs the eyes can she see the exact stuff as the university testers see.At the doctors I get drops put in for this test but I have never had drops at the opticians.
 
I go every 12 months. Get a letter choose an optician, get the drops put in think it’s all done on computer because they use a code or link etc.. Diabetic retinopathy eye test. Normally post you the results in about 2 weeks. Go home with sunglasses on as your pupils are like saucers. Looks like you’ve been to an all nighter at Wigan casino full of billy.
 
Jon

The short answer is no the retinal photography done every 12 months as part of or diabetes treatment are a lot different than those taken by high street opticians 'as a matter of course'. Occasionally in certain areas the actual retinal photography service is franchise out to Specsavers or another opticians - BUT unless you are pretty youthful, it is virtually unheard of to be able to take detailed enough photos without drops in the dilate the pupils.

Your GP has the results reported to him - so ask him the questions you want the answers to - he (or the surgery anyway) can contact the service to get any answers he doesn't already have. I'd want to know if it was both eyes or only the one, for starters!
 
Jon said:
Last March after my annual eye test at the doctors which came back stating I had diabetic retinopathy but no action was needed now and they would see me in a years time.Now the people who do this come from Queens University in Belfast and they are the ones who exam the photo so I have no contact with them at all except for the actual test so I do not know if it is slight,progressive,etc.My question is if I get it tested by my local optician and she photographs the eyes can she see the exact stuff as the university testers see.At the doctors I get drops put in for this test but I have never had drops at the opticians.
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If no action was needed for 12 months then it would just be signs of background retinopathy. This can remain the same or even resolve itself with good control, so I wouldn't worry about it Jon. Ask your GP for confirmation - he/she should have the letter with the details 🙂
 
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