Joe Krall, OD

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist

Dr. Joe Krall is a Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in Mitchell, SD with special training and skill in creating and maintaining contact lenses. As a Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist, Joe Krall, OD performs contact lens fitting and ongoing cornea evaluations. Corneal and Contact Management Optometry is the treatment of corneal diseases and the maintenance of contact lenses. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Corneal and Contact Management Optometrists include myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, and keratoconus. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Corneal and Contact Management Optometrists include managing standard contacts and scleral lenses.

The professional activities performed by an Optometrist related to the fitting of contact lenses to an eye, ongoing evaluation of the cornea's ability to sustain successful contact lens wear, and treatment of any external eye or corneal condition which can affect contact lens wear.

Pediatric Optometrist

Dr. Joe Krall is a Pediatric Optometrist in Mitchell, SD with special training and skill in evaluating and treating children's visual disorders. As a Pediatric Optometrist, Joe Krall, OD performs physical and technological examinations of children's eyes to determine vision sharpness, screen for eye disease, and evaluate patients' need for glasses, contact lenses, or laser vision correction surgery. Pediatric Optometry is a medical speciality focused on detecting, treating, and preventing children's eye disorders, prescribing glasses and contact lenses, and recommending vision correction surgery. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Optometrists include nearsightedness, farsightedness, chronic dry eye, astigmatism, eye movement disorders, glaucoma, eye tumor, and amblyopia (lazy eye). Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Optometrists include visual acuity testing, inspection for eye disease and tumor, astigmatism testing, glasses and contact lens fitting, eye muscle movement evaluation, color blindness screening, depth perception assessment, glaucoma testing, and retinoscopy.

Optometrists who work in Pediatrics are concerned with the prevention, development, diagnosis, and treatment of visual problems in children.