Advanced, microscopic cellular tracking engineered to detect early indicators of hydroxychloroquine toxicity and preserve your central vision.
A routine eye examination is often misunderstood as a simple test to see if you need glasses. In reality, your eyes are a highly vascularized, complex window into your neurological and cardiovascular health. Our practice treats eye care as a critical pillar of your preventative medicine routine.
Mapping your central 10° vision field to identify early, subtle blind spots that standard vision tests miss.
Tailored testing methodologies optimized for children’s developmental vision and aging eyes.
Documenting your data to provide a clear safety report for your prescribing rheumatologist.
Our clinic utilizes advanced SD-OCT technology, which uses light waves to capture detailed cross-sectional slices of the retina. By mapping the exact thickness of your retinal tissue layers over time, this system allows us to detect early signs of cell thinning long before any changes appear on a standard vision chart.
Exceptional clinical outcomes require exceptional diagnostic tools. To provide the highest standard of medical eye care, our clinic has moved away from outdated, generalized testing methods.
Plaquenil retinal toxicity acts silently, destroying the microscopic rod and cone cells deep beneath the surface layers of your eye. In its earliest stages, this cellular thinning causes absolutely no changes to your standard vision test, and you will notice nothing unusual when looking at a standard eye chart. Specialized advanced imaging is required to find these changes.
Left undetected, ongoing medication toxicity causes a permanent condition known as "bull's-eye maculopathy" a ring of tissue death that encircles the center of your vision. Once these retinal cells are lost, they cannot be replaced or repaired. This condition can trigger severe, irreversible blind spots right in your central reading, writing, and driving vision.
Managing medication toxicity is a collaborative medical process. Our role is to provide highly precise, micron-level diagnostic tracking data. We compile these specialized structural scans and send them directly to your prescribing rheumatologist, giving them the clear medical evidence they need to safely adjust your medication before any vision loss occurs.
Safeguard your permanent central vision while managing your systemic health. Schedule your advanced Plaquenil toxicity screening today.
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