It’s a known fact in countries across the world that regular checkups with your doctor is the best way to stay on top of your health. And while most of us attend our annual medical screenings, we often forget one of our most important organs- our eyes!
To maintain long lasting and healthy vision it is important to visit your ophthalmologist, more commonly known as the eye doctor. It is important to prioritize and protect our eyes and vision as much as possible. Consistent eye health screenings helps keep you alert on any potential eye diseases. Additionally it provides you with a range of benefits. Outlined below are the top four reasons why you should be meeting your eye doctor regularly.
- Early detection and prevention of eye diseases
Regular retinal screenings helps eye doctors identify a number of potential eye diseases and conditions. Some of which include but are not limited to; retinal detachment, glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts and hypertension.
The earlier the detection of any one of these conditions the better the treatment outlook and management of the condition. Therefore it is vital to visit your eye doctor on a regular basis in order to identify these issues as early as possible.
2. Maintain baseline rye health
The most obvious and simplest of explanations behind the need for regular visits with your eye doctor concerns the basic baseline health of your eyes. This involves recognizing changes in your vision that may or may not be age related. Early detection of these issues will help in prevention and controlling them. Additionally, regular check ups will also help your healthcare provide identify any potential risk factors you may have.
3. Detection of diabetes
A very important advantage of regular retinal screenings is its ability to detect diabetes. It is known that diabetes often affects the eyes, leading to eye problems that may potentially severely affect one’s vision as uncontrolled blood sugar will eventually damage blood vessels in the retina. Retinal screenings may help diagnose undetected diabetes. However, regular checkups and screenings for the eyes will be necessary following a diagnosis of diabetes to help make sure and prevent any eye related complications from the disease.
The same applies to any other medical conditions that are known to affect the eyes. These include but are not limited to, multiple sclerosis, arthritis or lupus.
4. Identify and recognize symptoms
This includes frequent, unexplained headaches which in some cases may be related to an issue with the eyes. Without regular eye exams the cause for these headaches are likely to go unnoticed leading to progression of the cause.
If headaches are caused by digital eye strain or incorrect prescription glasses, regular visits with the eye doctor will help identify and rectify these issues in a shorter span of time.
At Lang Eye Center, retinal screening is done to recognize and treat a number of eye related conditions. Spanning from cataracts to macular degeneration, the doctors at Lang Eye Center are experienced and patient centric providing you with the best eye care in Singapore.