Slitlamp Microscopes is a company providing high quality ophthalmic and optometric microscopes for eyecare physician, optometrists, opticians, and ophthalmologists. Eye diseases and eye conditions can be detected and diagnosed with a slit lamp ophthalmic microscope. Common eye diseases and conditions in the study of ophthalmology and optometry may consist of glycoma, optic nerve damage, cornea damage, retina damage, bacterial eye infections, degenerative eye diseases, macular degeneration, dry eye diseases, etc. Proper and early diagnosis of a medical condition by an eye doctor is imperative for treatment of eye diseases. A visit to most opticians for a medical eye checkup as well as a more detailed checkup by an ophthalmic medical doctor (ophthalmologist) should consist of viewing the eyes through a slit lamp microscope.