Punctal Plugging

All our professional Optometric services are provided by John Davidson, & Sarah Townsend- fully qualified, and registered UK Optometrists.

Please use the "Staff" section of the site to view CVs of our professional staff.

Punctal plugging

Some patients with dry eyes benefit from having their tear drainage ducts blocked to increase the volume of tears available to lubricate the front surface of the eye.

To do this, small collagen or silicone plugs are inserted, painlessly, into the duct and left in place. The plugs can give considerable improvements in dry eye symptoms, and can be removed easily in most cases.

If you think that this process would be of benefit to you, then please book a dry eye assessment first for evaluation of the cause of your dry eye symptoms.

Dry Eye Management

Dry eye management has become more of an issue over recent years due to the increase in the number of elderly, & arthritic patients, & due to side effects from medication (such as HRT).

We provide dry eye assessment appointments to look at the cause of the symptoms (eyelids, tear film, environment, medication, & systemic diseases). We then advise on the best way to manage these symptoms using a variety of methods, such as: eyelid hygiene, ocular lubricants, punctal plugging, lacrimal duct irrigation, dietary supplements, environmental changes etc.

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Eye Tests

Newcastle Opticians

Is your current eyecare provider giving you the service that you expect? ...or is he or she just too rushed or disinterested? Then move on & join us at Querido & Davidson.

We are a national award winning eyecare practice (established in 1956) with a long heritage of providing exemplary service and exceptional products.

Eye Tests & Examinations

Our Optometrists carry out a huge array of checks during to your eye examination. These can include testing your eye pressure (to detect glaucoma - which, if undetected, could lead to blindness), checking sideways field of vision and the health of the back of your eye.

All these checks are quick and painless, and will provide us with important information that will help monitor any slight changes over time.

Contact Lenses

We fit a huge variety of contact lenses types to patients across the whole of the UK. We supply lenses to people of all ages, & all prescription types. Using corneal topography and slit lamp image capture we provide the highest standard of care to all our contact lenses wearing patients.

We specialise in iGo OVC, Ortho-K and Paragon CRT Orthokeratology work for all ages from 6 upwards. We are an accredited Chromagen contact lens practice. We supply varifocal contact lenses and contact lenses to correct astigmatism. We can also supply theatrical contact lenses for television productions.

In 2006 we were awarded the title of Contact lens practice of the year at the UK Optician awards.

Keratoconus Eye Care

We are a keratoconus friendly practice, and are experienced in the following keratoconus management methods:

Spectacles
Soft contact lenses, including Ultravision Kerasoft and Acuity Soft K
Gas permeable contact lenses, including Rose K, So2Clear and Lensdynamics Dyna Z intralimbal
Scleral contact lenses, including Innovative Sclerals

Finding Querido & Davidison:

We are located at:
196 Chillingham Road
Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 5LN
0191 265 9898