Services

Eye Care Services In Burke, VA


Here at the office of Gene Sweetnam, OD, we know how important proper eye care is. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of service so you can have the vision you deserve. To ensure good eye health and vision, we are very proud to offer the following services:
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Comprehensive Eye Exams

​​​​​​​Comprehensive Eye Exams

Comprehensive eye exams are not just refractions to determine your visual acuity and eyeglass or contact lens prescription.

​​​​​​​Digital Retinal Photography

​​​​​​​Digital Retinal Photography

Retinal Retinal Photography or imaging takes a digital picture of the back of your eye.

​​​​​​​Dry Eye Disease

​​​​​​​Dry Eye Disease

According to the 2007 Dry Eye Workshop, dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability with potential damage to the ocular surface. 

​​​​​​​Glaucoma

​​​​​​​Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a disease process where the pressure inside the eye is so great that it damages the Optic nerve inside the eye affecting your peripheral vision. 

​​​​​​​Contact Lenses

​​​​​​​Contact Lenses

Annual contact lens evaluations are necessary to assess the overall health of the cornea and conjunctiva. The evaluation is to ensure that your eyes are healthy and that the contacts are functioning properly.

​​​​​​​Keratoconus

​​​​​​​Keratoconus

A vision disorder that occurs when the normally round cornea (the front part of the eye) becomes thin and irregular (cone) shaped. This abnormal shape prevents the light entering the eye from being focused correctly on the retina and causes distortion of vision.

 

​​​​​​​Medical Eye Exams

​​​​​​​Medical Eye Exams

Routine medical eye exams are important for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. We provide refractive and medical eye care. Its important to get thorough eye exams that include dilated fundus examinations periodically to ensure the health of your eyes.
 

​​​​​​​Macular Degeneration

​​​​​​​Macular Degeneration

Macular Degeneration is an eye disease that causes central vision loss. There are two forms of Macular degeneration and both can cause vision loss in the center of the field of vision.
 

​​​​​​​VSP Vision Plans

​​​​​​​VSP Vision Plans



​​​​​​​Facilities and Equipment

  • Two modern fully equipped examination rooms
  • Digital Retinal Imagery
  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Visual Field Exams
  • Digital Anterior Segment Imagery
  • Large inventory of Contact Lenses
  • Large inventory of Frames


If you have any questions about our services or procedures, please call us today at (703) 425-2000​​​​​​​