How Often Should You Get an Eye Exam?

Staying healthy involves more than simply eating the right foods and getting the right amount of exercise. Your eye health is also an important part of your overall health. At Family Eye Clinic we can help you with your optometry needs in Sherwood, AR, Little Rock, AR, and North Little Rock, AR. Keep reading to learn more about annual eye exams.

Who Needs Eye Exams?

There is a great misconception that you only need an eye exam if you are experiencing problems with your vision. If you are having vision problems, you certainly should visit the eye doctor, but the truth is you should be having an annual eye exam each year whether you are having vision problems or not.

There are many types of eye health issues that may not manifest early on in your vision. However, when you have an eye exam performed by an optometrist, these issues can get diagnosed early on. This gives can help you prevent vision loss from diseases like glaucoma.

If you have children, it is also very important that they receive an eye exam once a year as well. Children will often not share that they are having vision problems until those problems have progressed.

What to Expect at an Eye Exam

When you visit an eye doctor at our practice you will have an initial vision screening. Remember, though, a vision exam is not the same as an eye exam. Following the vision screening, the eye doctor will give you a thorough eye exam that will check the health of the eyes and how the eyes react to light. This can help our eye doctor to diagnose any eye conditions that might be present.

Contact Us for More Information about a Vision Exam or an Eye Exam

If you would like to learn more about our optometry services, please call us at Family Eye Clinic, serving Sherwood (501) 835-7800, AR, Little Rock (501) 888-7533, AR, North Little Rock (501) 758-1015, AR, and the surrounding areas.