World Optometry Day: IrisVision Raising Awareness on Family Vision Care

Common eye problems mentioned below can very well be avoided if you stay watchful of these signs and symptoms and visit your eye doctor on time.

• Double or blurred vision
  That’s when you lose the sharpness in your vision and the ability to see small details.

• Blind spots
  Also called scotomas, these are dark spots (often gray or black) seen in the visual field of a person.

• Glare or seeing halos around bright lights
  Mostly experienced when looking at bright light.
  

• Headaches and eye strain
  Experienced mostly while reading or looking at screens.

Other symptoms also include

• Decreased vision
• Draining or redness of the eye
• Persistent or sever eye pain
• Seeing tiny specks of protein floating before your eyes
• Seeing flashes of light

If you experience any of these eye problems, you must visit your local eye doctor or an optometrist. Visiting your eye doctor at the right time could save you from a mountain of life crippling problems before they become a constant in your life. For example, if you ever visited an eye doctor and they tested your eyes with a light pen and told you there was nothing wrong with your eyes. You might have come back thinking nothing of that test but that light pen is normally used to measure the eye pressure, also known as intraocular pressure, inside your eye. If that pressure is not in the normal range, you could be on the verge of having glaucoma, a deadly sight threatening disease that causes permanent vision loss.

Remember, prevention is always better than the cure, and especially when most eye problems don’t have a cure!

DID YOU KNOW

You could catch health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure by visiting your eye doctor!

So, would you want to take the chance of not being able to see the faces of your loved ones? I don’t think so.

Make these simple vision care habits a part of your life and you will have better chances of fighting any eye disease coming your way.