Annual eye exams are essential to keeping your eyes healthy and protecting your vision. Here are three important reasons why you and each of your family members should have an eye exam every year.
#1. Exams Detect Changes in Your Vision
Minor vision changes are not always detectable to everyone. Unless the change is severe, you may not notice changes with a simple vision screening that you might have when renewing your driver’s license or in the case of children, at school. Yearly eye exams give your eye doctor a history to go from to detect changes in your vision and address them sooner.
#2. Helps Prevent Vision Loss
Annual eye exams can detect serious eye conditions that can prevent vision loss. When found early, such conditions can be treated before permanent damage occurs. These conditions include:
- Glaucoma
- Cataracts
- Age-related macular degeneration
#3. Eye Exams Can Help Detect Major Health Issues
It is possible to detect major health issues based on the condition of your eyes. During an annual comprehensive eye exam, your eye doctor will examine the condition of the blood vessels in your eyes. While you might not have visible signs of conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and hypocholesterolemia, they can usually be detected during eye exams.
Make 2021 the year that you take charge of your eye health. To schedule your comprehensive eye exam, call Valley Eyecare Center at (602) 955-2700 or book your appointment online.
