Of course! Early detection can catch any disease in the early steps. The sooner you catch a disease the better you have to get ride of it. This is true about every disease.
Eye sight should not be taken for granted and regular exams should become more frequent as we age, with no only being concerned about good vision, eye exams can catch eye diseases early.
J. Soelberg Wells has written: 'A treatise on the diseases of the eye' -- subject(s): Eye, Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases, Diseases 'A treatise on the diseases of the eye' -- subject(s): Eye, Eye Diseases, Diseases 'On Long, Short And Weak Sight' -- subject(s): Accommodation and refraction, Eye 'A treatise on the diseases of the eye' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Diseases, Eye, Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases
According to the American Optometric Association, the first infant eye exam should be performed at the age of 6 months. Early eye exams are important for children because early diagnoses of vision problems often offers higher cure rates and greater treatment success.
Visits to the eye doctor would vary depending on whether you wear glasses, have any particular diagnosis that may change your vision or your age. It is recommended to have your first vision exam at age six months. An average healthy person with good vision could visit the eye doctor once a year.
On average the contact eye exam is $80.00.
Patricia Bath early influences was in ophthalmology. Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye.
Richard Banister has written: 'A treatise of one hundred and thirteene diseases of the eyes' -- subject(s): Diseases, Early works to 1800, Eye
Henry W. Williams has written: 'A practical guide to the study of the diseases of the eye' -- subject(s): Eye, Ophthalmology, Vision Tests, Eye Diseases, Diseases 'Our eyes, and how to take care of them' -- subject(s): Eye, Eye Diseases, Diseases 'Recent advances in ophthalmic science' 'Cocaine in ophthalmic medicine and surgery' -- subject(s): Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, Ophthalmology, Eye, Therapeutic use, Cocaine, Surgery 'The diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the eye' -- subject(s): Eye, Diseases
Sohan Singh Hayreh has written: 'Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy' -- subject(s): Blood supply, Blood-vessels, Cardiovascular Diseases, Complications, Diseases, Eye, Eye Diseases, Eye Manifestations, Ischemia, Ocular manifestations of general diseases, Optic nerve, Eye manifestations, Cardiovascular diseases, Eye diseases
Charles Bader has written: 'The natural and morbid changes of the human eye, and their treatment' -- subject(s): Eye, Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases, Diseases 'Plates illustrating the natural and morbid changes of the human eye' -- subject(s): Eye, Ophthalmology, Eye Diseases, Diseases
Well, assuming you mean the reading of the eye chart with the big 'E' as the eye exam, yes you can. You do an eye exam online to get an idea of your vision and any possible problems, but it does not take the place of a professional eye exam. Here is one site to try: library.thinkquest.org/C005949/fun/eyechart.htm.
The variations procedures carried by ophthalmologist are : -Eye exam -Treatment of eye diseases -Cataract surgery -refractive surgery -Eyelid surgery -Intravitreal injection -Prescription of glasses and contact lenses