When To See the Eye Doctor

When To See a Jacksonville Eye Doctor

If you are not in the habit of visiting a Jacksonville optometrist, you may not know when or how often to schedule such visits. Do you call as soon as you experience vision problems, or should you schedule periodic eye exams like clockwork? Actually, the answers to both questions are yes. Let us look at sensible strategies for scheduling a trip to the eye doctor.

In many cases, the appearance of obvious or distressing symptoms is a surefire sign that your eyes may need some professional help. These symptoms may include:

• Dry, itchy, reddened eyes – These symptoms indicate a possible case of dry eye syndrome or computer vision syndrome (CVS).
• Eye pain – Sudden, intense eye pain accompanied by nausea and other symptoms could be a sign of angle-closure glaucoma, a condition that requites immediate treatment
• Glare sensitivity and poor night vision – These symptoms may indicate the development of cataracts, especially if see strange aura-like patterns around individual light sources.
• Blurry vision – Blurry vision usually indicates a refractive error such as nearsightedness or farsightedness. If you’re suddenly experiencing blurry near vision in middle age, you probably have presbyopia and need corrective lenses.

Certain underlying health problems require frequent eye exams because of their effect on ocular health. Diabetes and high blood pressure, for instance, can both put you at elevated risk for retinal damage.

If you have been diagnosed with an eye disease such as cataracts, glaucoma or macular degeneration, you absolutely must receive annual eye exams so your Jacksonville eye doctor can monitor the disease’s progress and adjust your treatment accordingly. Regular eye disease monitoring and care could make all the difference between preserving your eyesight and becoming legally or functionally blind.

Even if you are not experiencing any eye or vision issues, you should still schedule regular exams on the schedule recommended by our optometry team. For instance, children should have their first eye exam at 6 months of age, then another at age 3 and yet another when they reach school age. From that point forward, eye exams every two years (or ideally, every year) are recommended to help us detect sight-robbing eye disease, some of which show no warning symptoms at all for years. If you have a refractive error, regular eye exams let us keep your corrective lenses up to date.

Turn to the Optometrist Jacksonville Residents Trust

There’s never a bad time to see the eye doctors of Jacksonville that residents have come to rely on. So call VAL-Uvision today and let’s get those eyes looked at!

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