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Safety and intended use
Ocufuse is a journal that helps you keep a consistent record. Read this before you start.
What Ocufuse is for
Ocufuse is a personal journal for your eyes. It is intended to help you:
- Take photos of your eyes in a consistent way, at times you choose.
- Write down what happened around those times, such as sleep, caffeine, screen time, eye drops and how your eyes felt.
- Look back over your own photos and notes.
- Keep a log of exercises your clinician has given you.
- Share your record with a clinician if you choose to.
What Ocufuse is not for
Ocufuse is not intended to:
- Diagnose, monitor, treat or prevent any disease or condition.
- Measure eye alignment, eyelid position or any other clinical value.
- Tell you whether something is normal or abnormal.
- Replace an eye examination, a test or advice from a qualified professional.
- Be used in an emergency.
Photos taken on a phone vary with lighting, distance, angle and camera. Two photos looking different does not mean something changed in your eyes, and two photos looking the same does not mean nothing changed.
When to get help straight away
Call your local emergency number or go to an emergency department if you have:
- Sudden double vision, or double vision with headache, weakness, numbness or difficulty speaking
- Sudden loss or dimming of vision in one or both eyes
- A sudden drooping eyelid, especially with a headache or a change in pupil size
- New flashes of light, a shower of floaters, or a shadow or curtain across your vision
- A painful red eye, especially with blurred vision, nausea or seeing halos
- Any injury to the eye, or chemicals in the eye
Don't wait to take or compare photos in Ocufuse first. Contact your eye doctor promptly for any change that worries you, even if it seems small.
Using Practice safely
- Do only the exercises your clinician has recommended for you.
- Stop if you feel discomfort, eye strain, headache, dizziness or nausea.
- Focus games are for practice and fun. They are not a treatment.
- If you have epilepsy or have had seizures triggered by light, check with your doctor before using games with moving or flashing visuals.
Taking photos
- Use soft, even light. Never look at the sun or point bright lights into your eyes.
- Don't use the camera flash close to your eyes.
- Don't take photos while driving or doing anything that needs your attention.
Reporting a problem
If you think something in Ocufuse is misleading, unsafe or not working as described, please tell us through the contact form or at hello@ocufuse.com. We read every report.