> Why Regular Eye Examinations are Important
You should have a regular eye examination every 2 years to both assess your vision and especially to check the health of your eyes by testing for conditions such as cataract and glaucoma.
Some forms of eye disease may require only observation or relatively simple treatment. If more serious eye disease is detected, however, we will refer you to an ophthalmologist (eye specialist). Part of the eye examination is devoted to looking for eye signs of general body disease such as diabetes or elevated blood pressure. So it is important to have regular eye examinations.
We recognise that your eye health and vision may change over time, and subtle changes and symptoms may not be noticeable to you. To keep track of these subtle changes, as part of your examination we now also take a photograph of the back of your eyes and store the image digitally on computer for comparison with future images. Very few optometry practices provide this technology.
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