Dr. Arina TUPĪTE

Ophthalmologist

Contacts

Professional roadmap and education

I was born and raised in Rēzekne. After finishing high school, I enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Latvia. After receiving my medical degree, I decided to become an ophthalmologist and entered residency.


I spent all 4 years of my residency at the RAKUS Ophthalmology Clinic, where I had the opportunity to study and work alongside the best eye doctors in Latvia. I participated in clinical courses and seminars. During residency, I gained valuable experience in treating complicated cases. Working in a large university hospital, I had the opportunity to see scars and severe pathologies for which patients were referred there from other medical institutions.


In my daily practice, I work with patients suffering from chronic eye diseases, as well as provide acute ophthalmological care in the hospital’s outpatient department. I perform eye disease diagnostics, conservative treatments, preventive examinations, and also provide emergency care.

Services

Ophthalmological services

Outpatient consultations

Diagnostics:
• Vision testing for near and far distance
• Vision correction
• Autorefractometry
• Examination of the anterior eye segments with a biomicroscope
• Examination of the posterior eye segment with a 78 D lens
• Intraocular pressure measurement with a non-contact tonometer
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• Computerized perimetry
• Direct/indirect ophthalmoscopy

Treatment

• Diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases
• Admission of emergency patients
• Removal of foreign bodies from the cornea and eyelid conjunctiva
• Botulinum toxin A (BTA) injections for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes in the eye and eyebrow area

When should a patient see an eye doctor?
 • Blurred vision
• Dryness and gritty sensation in the eye
• Eye pain
• Double vision
• Eye redness
• Dark spot in front of the eye
• Floating spots in front of the eye
• Distortion of lines or shapes
• Poor vision at distance or near
For patients

How to act in acute cases?

Ophthalmological examinations for young patients are recommended starting from the age of 1 year. The treatment of children’s eye diseases is specific, and I recommend that parents turn to the Children’s Clinical University Hospital, where experienced pediatric ophthalmologists work.
Acute ophthalmological care
Up to 18 years of age:
Children’s Clinical University Hospital (BKUS), Vienības gatve – Eye emergency department

From 18 years of age:
1. RAKUS Biķernieki Hospital – Eye emergency department
2. PSKUS (Pilsoņu Street 13) – Eye emergency department