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Optometry can detect body health issues<br />
Surprising health conditions your<br />
doctor of optometry can help detect<br />
first.<br />
Seeing your doctor of optometry<br />
regularly?<br />
Albertans may be caught off guard if<br />
their doctor asks this question – and<br />
likely shocked by the number of underlying<br />
conditions an optometrist can<br />
help uncover through a comprehensive<br />
eye exam.<br />
“It’s one of the only opportunities<br />
any health care professional has to<br />
study exposed blood vessels in your<br />
body,” explains Dr. Ward ZoBell. “And<br />
those blood vessels can reveal quite a<br />
lot of information about your general<br />
health.”<br />
A survey completed by the Alberta<br />
Association of Optometrists in April,<br />
<strong>2018</strong> revealed that more than 85% of<br />
Albertans are unaware that an eye<br />
exam can reveal serious medical problems<br />
including diabetes, high blood<br />
pressure and even some cancers. Most<br />
believe their optometrist simply checks<br />
their eyes in order to write a new prescription<br />
for glasses or contact lenses.<br />
“Gauging your vision is only a small<br />
part of the exam,” explains Dr. ZoBell.<br />
“For example, we check the blood vessels<br />
at the back of the eye and if we see<br />
weakening or narrowing of the<br />
arteries, it can be a signal of high blood<br />
pressure.”<br />
As well as checking out your blood<br />
vessels, doctors of optometry use special<br />
equipment to look at the tiny<br />
structures at the back of the eye that<br />
often leave clues to dozens of underlying<br />
health issues.<br />
“Diabetes is a common condition<br />
that causes small amounts of bleeding<br />
in the retina,” says Dr. ZoBell. “This is<br />
usually a first indicator of retinopathy<br />
and we see patients on a daily basis<br />
who are living with this condition, who<br />
have yet to be diagnosed with<br />
diabetes.”<br />
Certain types of cancer are also<br />
commonly detected through a comprehensive<br />
eye exam such as malignant<br />
melanoma. “This cancer strikes in<br />
back of the eye, and patients often don’t<br />
even know it is there unless the cancer<br />
is in the centre of their field of vision,”<br />
explains Dr. ZoBell.<br />
If an eye exam uncovers a larger<br />
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health issue, your doctor of optometry<br />
will refer you to the appropriate specialist<br />
in the community. As part of<br />
your primary health care team, doctors<br />
of optometry work closely with<br />
family physicians and other health<br />
care providers to help manage your<br />
health, as well as take care of any<br />
vision problems or eye diseases you<br />
may have.<br />
“Routine eye exams play a very<br />
useful role in detecting important<br />
medical issues at their earliest stages,”<br />
says Dr. ZoBell. “In addition to underlying<br />
health issues, we also detect eye<br />
diseases, such as glaucoma, cataracts<br />
and macular degeneration, long before<br />
you may start experiencing any symptoms<br />
like blurry vision or funny circles<br />
around bright lights.”<br />
With regular visits to your optometrist,<br />
75 per cent of vision loss can be<br />
prevented or treated. However, once<br />
damage has occurred, the effects are<br />
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Association of Optometrists recommends<br />
that Adults 19-64 have an eye<br />
exam a minimum of every two years,<br />
except for those with pre-existing eye<br />
conditions, family history of eye disease,<br />
systemic disease affecting the<br />
eyes, or contact lens wearers. Seniors<br />
65 and over should have their eyes<br />
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