Sees red eyes, eye pain and other urgent visits.
Urgent eye care
Red, painful or suddenly changed eyes, seen soon
Redness, pain, discharge, a scratch or a new shower of floaters needs a call. Describe what you notice, and a doctor decides how soon to see you.
If it needs an emergency room instead, we tell you on the phone. We do not promise a visit before we know what is happening.
Many red eyes are allergies, dry eye or a scratch, and each needs different drops. The exam tells them apart, and results vary with the cause.
What happens at the visit
Urgent visits are shorter than a full exam, and a follow-up is booked until the eye settles.
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Step 1: The call
Tell us what you notice, how long it has been there and whether you wear contact lenses.
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Step 2: The exam
History, vision and a close look at the eye under the slit lamp. After flashes or floaters, a dilated exam.
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Step 3: The plan
Drops, if the eye needs them, and what to watch for at home.
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Step 4: The follow-up
A second look in a few days, and a note to the doctor who referred you, if one did.
- Sudden vision loss, flashes of light, a curtain over your vision, a chemical splash or an eye injury needs care now. Call our office right away or go to an emergency room. If you can't reach us, call 911.
Billing and what to bring
How it is billed
A visit for an eye problem, an eye disease check or a follow-up is billed to medical insurance. A routine exam is billed to a vision plan. Many visits mix both, and we tell you which part goes where before you leave. If you pay yourself, we give you a written estimate on request.
How fees workWhat to bring
Your glasses, and your contact lenses with their case
Insurance cards
A list of the drops and medicines you use
The doctors who do this
Marites Soriano
Doctor of Optometry, Greenwood and Plainfield
- Doctor of Optometry · IN License no. 000000Verify
Sees dry eye and eyelid problems, and children who are referred.
About urgent eye visits
Should I keep my contact lenses in?
No. Take them out and wear your glasses until you are seen. Bring the lenses and the case.
Is a red eye always an infection?
No. Allergies, dry eye, a scratch and inflammation can look the same, and each needs different drops.
When is it an emergency?
Sudden vision loss, flashes of light, a curtain over your vision, a chemical splash or an eye injury needs care now. Call our office right away or go to an emergency room. If you can't reach us, call 911.
Call about your eye
Pick a time in our booking system, or call and we find one with you.