| Do you think eye exams are for those people | | | | whether your eyes are perfectly aligned or not. If |
| who need glasses? Eye exams are not always | | | | they're working properly and together without |
| meant for those who want to get contact lenses | | | | any change in their alignment, then there's nothing |
| or spectacles. These eye tests are mainly to test | | | | to worry about. If they are misaligned, you might |
| the vision. It's the most neglected part of every | | | | have to go through eye alignment correcting |
| person and eye exams just take care of the | | | | treatments. |
| eyes just like any other body part. | | | | Other Diseases of the Eye |
| So What're Eye Exams For? | | | | Some other common eye-related diseases that |
| This is a common query raised by many who are | | | | can be diagnosed are glaucoma and a diabetic |
| unaware of eye exams and their importance. It is | | | | form of eye disease. An overall checkup including |
| needed when an ophthalmologist checks the vision | | | | checking the blood vessels in the eye and the |
| in your eyes and determines whether you need | | | | retina, a doctor can make a diagnosis. This is an |
| correction lenses or if you have any eye disease | | | | important test because glaucoma and diabetes of |
| of any sort. Eyes are indicators of diseases that | | | | the eyes can destroy one's eyes and usually don't |
| could concern other parts of your body so any | | | | show any symptoms. Eye tests can thus prevent |
| eye specialist usually goes through with an overall | | | | many destructive eye diseases. So it's |
| health checkup along with your eye tests. | | | | encouraged that you take at least two tests each |
| What do Doctors Look For? | | | | year. |
| When doctors do eye checkups on patients | | | | Checkups for Children |
| they're looking for a condition called amblyopia, | | | | Most parents feel the need for eye tests for |
| where one eye has a different vision than the | | | | their children isn't necessary until they start |
| other one. It's through the exams that the eye | | | | reading and writing, but however, this belief can |
| doctor can correct the problem by a method | | | | impair the development of a child unwittingly if the |
| called patching, where a patch is put on the other | | | | child has any vision problem of any sort. The |
| eye for a short period of time. | | | | American Optometric Association (AOA) reported |
| The refraction of the eye is also tested during | | | | that it's best for your child to have a checkup |
| eye exams. This tests what your condition is, | | | | done while he or she can still make up for delays |
| whether you have farsightedness or | | | | in development caused by eye problems. The |
| nearsightedness or astigmatism and the doctor | | | | AOA suggests child eye checkups starting from |
| prescribes the patient with the correct lenses or | | | | six months of age up to their entry into |
| glasses to allow the patient to have the correct | | | | kindergarten. |
| vision. | | | | So, what're you waiting for? Just go have an eye |
| Another such eye condition which can be tested is | | | | checkup done today! |
| Strabismus. This is where the eye doctor checks | | | | |