4 Eye Conditions Your Eye Doctor Can Diagnose During Your Eye Exam
by Julia Gregory
It is important that you see your eye doctor regularly, even if you have good vision. The eye doctor can diagnose many problems with your eyes. Finding these things early can result in a much better outcome for you. Below are four conditions they may find:
Near Sightedness
If you have near sightedness, known called myopic vision, you can see well close up, such as when reading a book, but when you look at a distance, everything becomes blurry. In most cases, near sightedness is due to a change in the shape of your eyeball. This problem causes light to focus in front of your retina. These rays, however, should focus directly on your retina.
Far Sightedness
If you have far sightedness, also known as hyperopic vision, you can see things well at a distance, but things become blurry when you look at them up close. Your eyes use the cornea, which is the clear surface directly on your eyes, and a lens, which is a clear structure located inside your eyes, to see properly. Both of these things work together to give you good vision. If these two things are not evenly curved, the light will focus behind your retina instead of focusing directly on it. This results in blurry vision.
Cataracts
The eye doctor will also check your eyes for cataracts. If found in the very early stages, this problem may be able to be treated with a stronger lens for your eye glasses. If the stronger glasses do not improve your vision, the doctor will suggest cataract surgery at a clinic like the Country Hills Eye Center.
For a normal person, light rays travel directly in your eye and then through your pupil. From there, the light rays focus through your lens, and then onto your retina. If the lens is not clear, light can't focus properly onto your retina. The lens becomes cloudy and this is known as a cataract.
Dry Eye Syndrome
If you constantly have dry eyes, you may have dry eye syndrome. This happens if you do not have enough tears to nourish and lubricate your eyes. Your eyes need tears to keep the front surface of your eyes healthy and to provide you with clear vision.
When you blink your eyes, tears spread over the surface of your eyes, known as the cornea. Tears also wash away foreign matter and reduce your risk of eye infections.
Talk with your optometrist, who can give you much more information about these eye conditions.
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