How to Prevent Vision Loss

Routine medical examination of a minimum of two years can help prevent vision loss and detect systemic diseases such as diabetes. Unfortunately, many people disregard them.

The eye is the window heart. Feeling sad or happy to begin from the view of the eye. We recognize the concept of beautiful, harmonious, colors and shapes are also not loose sight of the role of sense. Unfortunately, most people do not heed the suggestion of health examined routinely at least six months.

Based on surveys conducted by the American Optometry Association, people who wear glasses or contact lenses be calculated quite a lot, that is, 81 percent of the overall population. Ironically, 1 of 5 people already own more than two years do not pay a visit to the doctor’s eyes.

This condition may worsen, especially in those who do not use lenses correction (Corrective lens), on issues such as the plus or minus. On this group, 3 out of 5 people that do not test vision for more than two years.

The doctor believes it is due to the majority of interference does not appear clear vision and because people generally do not schedule a visit to the doctor’s eyes as something routine.

Surveys conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology Only 28 percent of people surveyed who feel that have affected the risk of certain eye diseases, and only 23 percent of care concerns will lose vision.

Experts optometri from Brainerd Minn, Dr. Kerry Beebe, said, early detection of interference is important, recognize when someone has lost himself vision, usually already too late to pursue the opportunity to get treatment. During this reasoned that most people do not vision problems, eye pain and does not look good any time. “They do not realize that a lot of eye diseases that do not show symptoms in the initial stages,” Beebe firm that is also a spokesperson for the American Optometry Association.

For example is the case of vision loss in people with glaucoma, a disease that damage the optic nerve (the nerve) and cause constriction field perspective. Generally aware of the new blind spot (blind spot) when the optic nerve fiber damage is severe. When the entire nerve fiber damage, blindness is not total . “The eye is a unique organ, in which we can see the vein, and nerve pulse is clearly, even to the back of the eye and optic nerve. Through the eye examination, we can also find out the possibility of systemic disease,” said Iwach.

He cite, some interference can be a marker of the beginning of diabetes. In the world of medicine known a diabetic term, in which blood vessel is damaged retina due to diabetes may experience leakage of the retina causing swelling. In the circumstances further bleeding can occur and the network bundle the ball in the eye. If the left or not with either can cause vision disturbances, even blindness. As a preventive step, The American Optometric Association recommends adults to check the health condition of at least every two years. This is important do not even have any vision complaints. While babies and children’s eye health must be checked at the age of 6 months, 3 years, before entering elementary school, and then every two years.

For a start you turn age 40, the latest guidelines from the American Academy of Ophthalmology also recommend a visit to a specialist eye doctor (specialist opthalmology) once. Iwach says at least, the results of consultation and testing can reveal the existence of possible risk factors of vision disturbances, especially the vulnerable experienced at the age of dusk as well as cataracts.