Treatment Finder

With so many treatment options in eye care, it can be confusing to know which one might suit you. The treatment finder is a short pre-assessment tool: a few simple questions point you towards likely treatment areas, and you can use it directly on this page. It does not diagnose or decide on treatment; it only gives a general direction before your examination. 'Blurred vision' can come from a refractive error, a cataract, a surface problem, or another eye condition; your answers show which is worth reading about first. Nothing you enter is stored; it is used only on this page. The heading on the results screen is not a diagnosis, that is decided only at an examination with your doctor.

The tool asks your age first, since eye care needs vary considerably with age. In a young adult, laser eye surgery or ICL for getting rid of glasses tends to come to the fore; after 45, near-vision loss and cataract become more common. Under 18, the tool points towards regular monitoring rather than a permanent procedure, since your prescription can still be changing. Age alone does not determine a result; it is weighed together with your symptom and expectation answers.

The second step asks about your current symptom: struggling at distance or up close, generally hazy vision, a concern with your eyelid or the surrounding area, or simply wanting a check-up with no specific complaint. A separate option covers symptoms that start suddenly: flashes of light, a curtain-like shadow, sudden eye pain or rapid vision loss send you straight to the heading needing prompt assessment, skipping the rest. With more than one symptom, choose whichever comes first in the tool's order; the others are looked at during the examination.

Choosing blurred distance vision brings up a third step asking for your prescription, if you know it. This gives a general sense of whether, say, ICL might suit very high myopia better than laser; a definite answer needs corneal thickness and topography measured at an examination. Other symptoms bring up a different, symptom-specific question instead. Because which laser technique suits you, and ICL versus laser, both depend on these measurements, the tool does not name a specific procedure yet.

The treatment finder's direction excludes data only clinical measurement can provide — corneal thickness, topography and intraocular pressure among them — so the result is a general suggestion, not a treatment decision. Each results screen lists the measurements taken at an examination for that heading. These can only be done in an examination setting, with the right equipment and under a doctor's supervision; a handful of questions is no substitute. Two people giving identical answers can see different findings at examination.

The tool does not ask about previous eye surgery or known eye conditions; these can only be assessed at an examination and can change the direction significantly. Whatever the result, tell your doctor about past surgery, regular medicines, and any chronic conditions when you come in. Someone who has already had laser eye surgery, for example, may be assessed quite differently from someone who has not.

Lifestyle has a direct bearing on some treatment choices. For general check-ups, the tool separately asks about heavy screen use, since blinking less at a screen can make surface dryness more noticeable and affect measurement reliability. Contact sports, occupational impact risk, and available recovery time are asked about in the route aimed at getting rid of glasses. The table below summarises common situations and the direction they may point towards; the actual procedure only becomes clear at an examination.

The final step asks what you are hoping for: finding the cause of your symptom, comparing options, becoming independent of glasses, or booking an appointment straight away. This helps prioritise the pages shown to you and shapes the results screen around your priority. If you are not sure, leave this step blank and continue with the general information provided.

Based on your answers, the treatment finder points towards laser eye surgery, ICL/phakic lens, cataract and choosing your lens, eyelid and periocular surgery, medical aesthetics, or glaucoma and retina monitoring. With no specific symptom described, the result is a comprehensive eye examination. More than one area can be relevant at once: someone struggling at both near and distance range may see both cataract and refractive error come up, since priority only becomes clear at an examination. What actually decides the outcome is your doctor's assessment of the ocular surface, refractive error, lens and back of the eye.

This matching works on logic based on your age, symptom and expectations, not a medical algorithm or diagnostic system. Each results screen sets out what the finding might mean, which options could be discussed, what will be measured, and questions worth asking your doctor, so you arrive prepared. This logic rests on common combinations; rarer cases, or several issues together, can keep the direction more general.

Whatever the treatment finder suggests, which treatment suits you only becomes clear after a detailed examination. Once you have completed the tool, go straight from the results screen to request an appointment, or get in touch at any time. To know more about the doctor first, read the relevant page, or reach us through the contact page.