Dr Carmen Oakley is an Adelaide based ophthalmologist and eye surgeon specialising in cataract and glaucoma surgery
About
Dr Carmen Oakley is an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon with subspecialty training in glaucoma and cataract surgery.
With both private and public practice based in three locations across metropolitan Adelaide, she is a passionate provider of comprehensive ophthalmology services, with particular focus on her subspecialty areas, including glaucoma surgery and cataract surgery.
Cataract
A cataract is the clouding of the natural lens of the eye. The clouding scatters and reduces the amount of light passing through the lens of the eye to the retina, resulting in poor vision.
In the early stages, cataracts may not be bothersome and therefore surgery is not required. When the effects of cataracts interfere with your daily activities, or when the cataract becomes so advanced that prescription spectacles no longer help, surgery can be considered.
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye conditions resulting in loss of vision due to damage to the nerve at the back of the eye (the optic nerve). Most commonly this visual loss is gradual, and starts in the peripheral vision, so is often not noticed by the patient until visual loss is severe and involving the central vision. Often this occurs in conjunction with elevated pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP), however, in some cases people develop glaucoma with normal pressure.
Dr Carmen Oakley is consulting at four locations in the Adelaide metropolitan area: Adelaide Eye & Laser Centre, Eyemedics Ophthalmologists, Flinders Medical Centre & Adelaide Eye Surgeons.
Dr Oakley looks forward to being a part of your ophthalmic care.
