Regardless of your physical well-being or your age, routine eye exams are vital to healthy eyes. During an eye exam Dr. Ward and the Team at Lake Nona Eye Care do much more than just establish your prescription for contact lenses or eyeglasses. A compressive exam will include checking for eye diseases and other issues leading to vision loss.
Eye Teaming Problems. Though you may not even notice, they your eyes may not be working together properly, causing headaches, vision problems, eye strain, and difficulty reading.
Refraction Error. Describes farsightedness, nearsightedness, and astigmatism, they all can be corrected with contacts or eyeglasses.
Amblyopia. This occurs when one eye has a very different prescription that the other. The brain eventually ‘turns off’ the image from the blurry eye. Stunting visual development and permanent vision impairment can result.
Eye Diseases. By looking into your eyes an optometrist can detect many early signs of diseases and conditions, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and even Alzheimer’s Disease. Many times these issues don’t have any symptoms in their early stages.
For instance, diabetes can cause swelling in the macula and bleeding or small blood vessel leaks in the eye, this can lead to vision problems and even vision loss. One-third of those living in the United States are unaware they even have diabetes, the comprehensive exam by Dr. Ward may detect the disease before your primary doctor.
Vision screening are not a substitute for a comprehensive eye examination performed by an optometrist, they include thorough testing for all aspects of your eyes.
Catching issues early is an important key to everyone’s long-term vision health. Dr. Ward and the Vision Team at Lake Nona Eye Care provides a comprehensive eye examination in a positive relaxed environment for children and adults, ages 5 and up.
We use our eyes from the time we wake up in the morning until we go to bed at night, constantly processing information, it’s hard to imagine life without them. That’s why it’s so important to take care of them.
Contact Dr. Ward and the professional team at Lake Nona Eye Care for an appointment today.