When to get your eyes tested?
Comprehensive eye exams periodically give an eye care professional acute information about your vision. They convey to the optometrist whether you need corrective lenses and what your prescription is. Many of our eye problems don’t have any outward signs or symptoms, so the only way to catch them is through a proper eye examination. Eye exams not only help you see better, but they also detect eye problems that can cause vision loss in the future.
From birth through the teenage years, children’s eyes tend to mature and change quickly. Screenings once a year help in identifying when your child might need a complete eye exam or medication.
If your eyes are healthy and your vision is clear, you should have a complete eye checkup by your optometrist once a year or once every two years. Adults shouldn’t wait to have a complete eye exam if they are suffering from chronic diseases such as:
- diabetes
- high blood pressure
- family history of eye disease.
- cataracts
- diabetic retinopathy
- age-related macular
- degeneration
- glaucoma
In addition:
- If you have any eye infection, injury, or pain, or you notice sudden floaters and flashes or patterns of light, get an appointment with your optometrist.
- If you wear contact lenses, consult your eye specialist every year.
- If you have diabetes, any chronic disease, or have a family history of eye disease, talk with your optometrist about how often your eyes should be examined.
What do eye exams evaluate?
Problems or changes in the eyes can be a sign of several conditions. With proper examination, it can detect whether you need corrective lenses and what your prescription is. During an eye exam, they will also look for eye-related concerns, including:
Refractive errors, such as astigmatism, myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or presbyopia (losing near-focus vision).
Vision changes, low vision, and signs of cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, or a detached retina.
Problems with the muscles supporting the eyes, such as strabismus (crossed eyes) or amblyopia (lazy eye).
Tumors and cancer in the eye (intraocular cancer), including intraocular melanoma and retinoblastoma.
Basic eye examinations
1. Visual Acuity Test:
Your eye care professionals may ask you to read the letters by changing several lenses on the trial frame to help you see better. This process, called refraction, detects if you need glasses and helps find the right corrective lens prescription.
2. Visual Field:
To check your peripheral or side vision, an optometrist holds up a finger or an object and gradually moves it from one side of your face to another. They may move the object up and down and get it closer to your eyes. You’ll only have to move your eyes, not your head. Many eye clinics / optometrist center uses computerized programs to conduct this test. This test informs you about your full range of vision. Visual field tests evaluate our peripheral vision.
3. Refraction Test:
Along with a retinoscopy or visual acuity test, a refraction test specifies your eyeglass prescription. Throughout the test, a series of lens pairs are used. The optometrist repeatedly inquires which of the two lens options allows you to see more clearly. Based on your responses, the optometrist will correct them.
4. Color Vision Test:
To check for color blindness or color deficiency, an optometrist will show you a series of pictures with colored dots. Hidden dots in the pictures are numbers in different colors. People with a color deficiency may be unable to see the numbers.
5. Intraocular Pressure Measurement
An intraocular pressure test measures and counts the force or pressure created by the fluid in the eyes. An abnormal level of eye pressure can be an indicating sign of glaucoma.
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