During your annual comprehensive eye exam, your Midwest Eye Consultants doctor will do much more than just determine if you need eye correction. Utilizing the latest technology, they will check for any signs or symptoms of eye disease and other health issues such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Did you know 1 in 4 children suffer from an undetected or untreated vision problem? Vision problems can lead to problems in school. The doctors of Midwest Eye Consultants urge parents to bring their children in for an annual eye exam and to remember that a child’s first exam should be an eye exam! Early eye exams are important because children require visual skills like excellent visual acuity, accurate eye movement, eye teaming, and focusing to be sure they performing well in school.
While you are in your 20s and 30s you will very likely enjoy good vision. You might wear glasses or contact lenses or even have 20/20 vision without eye correction. It is still important to schedule annual eye exams, especially if there is a family history of eye disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or poor vision. You will also want to maintain an overall healthy lifestyle in order to protect your future eye health.
Once you reach your 40s, you will probably start to experience some changes in your vision due to natural aging of your eyes, called presbyopia. This is a decline in your ability to focus due to the hardening of the lenses in your eyes, making it more difficult to see while reading or doing close work. Presbyopia can be corrected with either reading glasses or multifocal lenses that help you see, both up close and distance. Around the age of 50 you may continue to have changes in your vision as presbyopia worsens. The lenses in your eyes will continue to harden, so you might need to update the prescription for your glasses more often. Even if you only needed reading glasses in your 40s, you will likely need glasses that help you with both distance and up close vision.
As you age, your eyes will exhibit an age-related decline in performance — particularly as we reach our 60s and beyond. Some age-related eye diseases include cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The doctors of Midwest Eye Consultants are experienced in the special eye care needs of seniors.