World Optometry Day is a day to honor and celebrate the life-changing impact eye doctors have on patients every day through annual eye exams and services. Being able to see clearly and engage actively in all the things in your life really enhances the quality of life.
Optometrists are trained to examine the eyes to detect defects in vision, signs of injury, ocular diseases or abnormality and problems with general health, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. They make a health assessment, offer clinical advice, prescribe spectacles or contact lenses and refer patients for further treatment, when necessary.
Without healthy vision it can be hard to work, play, drive or even recognize a face. Many factors can affect eyesight, including other health problems like high blood pressure or diabetes. Having a family member with eye disease can make you more prone to having that condition. Sight-stealing eye disease can appear at any time. Often vision changes are unnoticeable at first and difficult to detect.
If you've never had a complete, comprehensive eye exam it is recommended that everyone have a complete eye exam and then as often as recommended by your optometrist. Even if you're healthy, it's important to have a baseline eye exam by an eye doctor, to compare against in the future and help spot changes or problems.
There are many possible symptoms of eye disease. If you have any concerns about your eyes or vision, visit our optometrist eye doctor. A complete, comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist could be the first step toward saving your sight. Come in at 13808 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20906 or call at (301)871-6454 to schedule your eye exam today.