Comprehensive Eye Exams need to be an Important Part of Your Preventative Health Care

The best way to ensure your eyes remain healthy is with a routine eye health examination. Many people equate the need for an eye examination with replacing their eyeglasses. They feel as long as they are seeing relatively well and their glasses are holding up, everything is alright. However, a comprehensive eye exam does more than just check for the need of a new or updated prescription. It is a thorough look into your health.

Unlike the rest of our body, the eyes rarely hurt when something is wrong. Eye diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and conditions caused by diabetes and high blood pressure usually present with no visual symptoms in the early stages. Overtime, though, they can cause permanent damage to our eyes. When you have a comprehensive eye exam from Lifetime Eyecare our optometrists check the internal and external health of your eyes, check for disease and do a refractive visual analysis to see if a change to your prescription is necessary. For children, a regular eye exam can help determine if the eyes are developing properly. If there is a problem that goes untreated it can lead to learning disorders and vision loss.

Make regular preventative eye exams an important part of routine health care for your entire family! For more information about comprehensive eye exams or to schedule an appointment, call us today!