Gomalam A/P Mohan

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Mala (F/43) came for eye examination, with complaint of blurry driving at night & blurry near vision. She sometimes has headache on right side of head & on right eye especially after long hours using computer.

Vision without glasses
R: 6/9
L: 6/9

Subjective Refraction
R: PL/-0.50×100 (6/6) [+1.00 blur lens test: 6/9+]
L: PL/-0.50×100 (6/6) [+1.00 blur lens test: 6/12] L>R
Add: +1.25/+1.00 (N5@40cm) R=L good rocv
DC is favoured @D & N

Other assessments show:

Cover Test
Distance: NMD
Near: small XP, fast recovery

Howell Card
Distance: 0 – 2 XP
Near: 10 – 12 XP
Near: 4 XP (unaided)
+2.00 Near: 20 XP
-2.00 Near: 6 XP (vy blurry scale)

NRA
+1.25

PRA
-0.50

NPC
7/9cm, 7/9cm, 7/9cm, 8/10cm, 8/10cm, 8/10cm

AA
R: 44yo, 44yo, 44yo
L: 44yo, 45yo, 45yo

MEM
R: +0.50
L: +0.50

Fusional Reserves
Near, PFV: x/8/6
Near, NFV: 14/16/14
Distance, NFV: x/8/6
Distance, PFV: x/8/6

Vergence Facility
Near: 15 cpm 
Distance: 0 cpm (double BO)

Interpupillary distance, IPD = 6.5cm

Slit Lamp
R: no cataract
L: no cataract

Fluorescein
R: -ve staining
L: -ve staining

KIV
PFV @N
VF @D

CI

Mala came in the late evening, we will reassess a few eye findings again.

*Updated

We repeated a few tests the next day.

Fusional Reserves
Near, PFV: x/10/8

Vergence Facility
Distance: 13 cpm

NOTES

Vision without glasses
6/6 – smallest testing line
6/7.5 – 2nd smallest line
6/9 – 3rd smallest line
6/12 – 4th smallest line
6/15 – 5th
6/18 – 6th
6/21 – 7th
6/24 – 8th

Examination of Eye Alignment
Cover Test, CT @ Distance & Near
– NMD(No Movement Detected) or
– small XP, fast recovery
EP = Esophoria is misalignment of eye, eye is deviated inwards
XP = Exophoria is misalignment of eye, eye is deviated outwards
ACT: alternating CT

Examination of Eye Alignment
(Maddox Rod) placed on RE

Examination of Eye Posture
(Howell Card) by 6^ BD OD
Distance:
– 0-3 XP (blue part) or
– 0-1 EP (yellow part)
Near:
– 0-6 XP (blue part)

Accommodation/Focusing analysis – ability to relax
NRA
+1.50 to +2.50

Accommodation/Focusing analysis – ability to focus
PRA
-1.37 to -3.37

Convergence, NPC – ability of eye to maintain a single clear near image (RAF rule)
Break/Recovery – within 10cm or TTN(to the nose)

AA(Amplitude Accommodation) – eye stamina (Dioptre, D) (RAF rule)
6yo – 16.5D | 6cm
9yo – 15.5D | 6.5cm
12yo – 14.5D | 7cm
15yo – 13.5D | 7.5cm
18yo – 12.5D | 8cm
21yo – 11.5D | 9cm
24yo – 10.5D | 10cm
27yo – 9.5D | 11cm
30yo – 8.5D | 12cm

MEM(Monocular Estimation Method) – measure accommodation response seeing near target
+0.25 to +0.75 (with movement)

Accommodation Facility – ability to change focus: far to near or near to far) by Flipper +/- 2.00
Monocular: 6cpm – 16cpm
Binocular: 4cpm – 14cpm
(1 cycle per minute, cpm = 2 words)

Fusional Reserves –
Convergent/Divergent reserve stamina (Prism Bar)
Blur/Break/Recovery
Children 7-12yo
Near, BO/PFV: x/15-31/10-22
Near, BI/NFV: x/7-17/3-11
Adult
Near, BO/PFV: x/10-28/7-21
Near, BI/NFV: x/7-19/5-15
Distance, BO/PFV: x/4-18/5-9
Distance, BI/NFV: x/4-10/2-6

Vergence Facility  – ability to make rapid repetitive vergence changes (Prism Flipper 12BO & 3BI)
Distance: 12-18 cpm
Near: 12-18 cpm)
(1 cycle = 2 times clearing target)

Random Dot 3S – 3D Vision/Stereopsis 
12.5″

Worth 4 Dots – Binocular Perception
4 dots/lights