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- Certain changes around and inside the eye can cause an optometrist to suspect diabetes and send patient for immediate tests.
- The blood vessels in the eye are very delicate and are often the first to be affected by diabetes, and these vessels can be viewed directly by your optometrist who will detect any changes.
- Cataract refers to the total or partial cloudiness or opacity of the lens inside the eye.
- They can be small, or large, causing obvious loss of vision.
- They are most common in people over 55 years of age, but sometimes occur in younger people and even babies.
Why are Eye Tests Important?
- It may surprise you to learn that you could be saved from serious illness by having your eyes testes more often.
- Regular examination of your eyes by a qualified optometrist may reveal changes in vision, monitor certain conditions of the eye and check for general health.
- Eyes are sensitive indicators and show up health problems long before there are any obvious physical symptoms, conditions such as high blood pressure (hypertension), excess cholesterol.
- Furthermore, a full eye examination is important in detection of diabetes, of which one of the signs is erratic vision and change in prescription. (diabetic retinopathy)
- Optometrists can check for other eye conditions such as cataract, glaucoma, spots and floaters, colour deficiency, refractive error (myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatism & amblyopia).
- Glaucoma is a disease caused when a fluid pressure builds up inside the eyeball, damaging the retina and optic nerve ( which sends visual information to the brain)
- Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness.
- A simple machine called Tonometer is used during an eye examination to determine the internal pressure.
- If diagnosed early enough, glaucoma can be controlled, resulting in little or no more loss of vision.
- If not treated, peripheral as well as central vision is destroyed and blindness may occur.
- These are small semi-transparent or cloudy particles which are actually inside the eye.
- You only see them when they fall in the line of sight.
- They appear in various shapes and sizes and they dart away when you try to look at them
- Practically everybody sees a few spots at sometime or other and they become more obvious as you get older.
- In general spots are normal and seldom cause blindness, BUT spots can be a sign of more serious problems and complete eye examination is necessary.
- Refractive error means that the shape of your eye does not bend light correctly resulting in blurred image.
- Types of refractive errors are, myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), presbyopia (loss of near vision with age), astigmatism (distorted shape of cornea curvature), amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus.( squinting of the eyes).
As a parent or guardian, you worry about your child’s health and safety all the time. But have you considered how important their eye health is to their overall well being?
Your child’s eyes are a critical part of their development and health later in life. Unfortunately, the noticeable symptoms of many eye conditions don’t present themselves until the condition has progressed into a later stage.
If detected early, many eye conditions can be treated, corrected, or prevented from getting any worse. Taking your child in for each regularly scheduled eye exam as recommended can save their vision as they get older.
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