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Visual acuity test

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Home vision tests

Alternative Names: Visual acuity test - home; Amsler grid test What the risks are: The tests have no risks. Special considerations: Text Continues Below If there are any of the following symptoms, have a professional eye examination: Difficulty focusing on near objects Objects or faces looking blurred or foggy Double vision Impression of "skin" or "film" over the eye Frequent changing of glasses Trouble seeing at night, trouble adjusting to darkened rooms Light flashes, dark spots, or ghostlike images Rainbow-colored rings around lights Straight lines look wavy Eye pain A curtain-like blotting-out of vision If children have any of the following symptoms, they should also have a professional eye examination. Getting very close to an object (for example, television) in order to see it Watering eyes Crossed eyes Head-tilting Excessive blinking Squinting Difficulty in school

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