Many individuals feel as long as they're seeing 20/20, they don't need to have their eyes checked. Your child could have 20/20 sight and still have a visually related learning problem. This could include inability to read without losing one's place or not being able to read for long periods of time without headaches or fatigue. Also you cannot rule out your child having some form of eye disease that could only be detected with an examination.
Regarding adults, they too could also have 20/20 both at distance and reading and still have problems. Sitting in front of a terminal, smart phone or for that matter, any hand-held device, for hours on end for some patients is a very arduous task possibly causing eye, hand, back or shoulder strain. Also the chances for developing eye disease increases with age. We have also referred patients with peripheral vision problems in both eyes for neurological work-ups. In some patients, tumors, strokes or aneurysms have been diagnosed. A number of diseases in the body are first diagnosed after an eye examination.
This is just a few of the reasons to have regular eye examinations.
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