As many of us today know, getting your eyes checked out can be important to your health. Screenings can catch a variety of diseases, injuries, and visions problems that can be corrected or treated if caught early on. The diseases or injuries that can be seen are glaucoma, cataracts, stroke, and dry eyes just to name a few. Medications, surgery, or corrective lenses may be warranted and can restore your vision. Although these things may help, for some diseases it may be too late by the time you actually start to show symptoms. This is why an Eye Exam is detrimental to your eye health. It is just like getting your yearly exams with your primary physician or other doctors. Many diseases of the body can affect your eye health, so it is important to follow up with all of your doctors.
An Eye Exam consists of several tests performed in an office by optometrists. The results are achieved using up to date machines and medicine. Advancement in medicine and technology has allowed optometrists to view the eye and correct problems from infant to older adults. Again, these tests will determine if there is a problem and if it can be fixed. Contact lenses and corrective vision lenses are becoming more and more common. Contact lenses are not an option for everyone and they do take some getting used to. If these options do not suit you, there is always LASIK surgery that claims to restore vision without you ever needing contacts or glasses again. Unfortunately, this is the more expensive option. The good news is, insurance usually covers your yearly eye exams and part of treatments.
Of course eating healthy and protecting your eyes do help, sometimes that is not enough for some people because damage was done long ago. Optometrists specialize in eye health and will recommend options to you, if any are available. Early detection is key if you would like to keep your eye sight and prevent diseases that can cause more problems to your health and blindness. It is best not to wait until you have a problem before getting help when it could have been prevented.
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