About Me
I have three kids, and all three of my kids need to wear glasses. As my oldest daughter got older, she began bugging me about getting contact lenses. I wasn't sure that it was in her best interest to get contact lenses because I have heard so many horror stories about teenagers getting serious eye infections due to lack of care for the lenses. I wanted to learn everything that I could about contact lenses, so I spent weeks researching the topic. Visit my blog to find out everything that I have learned about the different types of lenses, the risks of wearing them, and the benefits of allowing a teenager the privilege of wearing contact lenses.
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2022
4 Reasons Not To Skip Your Eye Exams
Optometrists help patients protect their eye health and improve their vision. They do this through routine vision exams as well as diagnostic exams to treat specific injuries, infections, and conditions. It's important to stay on top of your optometrist visits to avoid vision challenges and eye diseases. These are four reasons not to skip your eye exams:
1. Avoid eye strain.
Your eyes work by letting in light from your surroundings via your pupils.
How Exams Can Reveal Autoimmune Diseases
While autoimmune diseases often produce a wide variety of systemic signs and symptoms, some of the most obvious symptoms may be revealed during eye exams. Autoimmune diseases refer to when your own immune system attacks the tissues, internal organs, and cells in your body by accident. Autoimmune diseases include type I diabetes, lupus, Graves' disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren's syndrome. Here are some manifestations of autoimmune diseases that your optometrist may discover during your eye exam.