THE EYE AS THE WINDOW OF THE BODY

Are the eyes windows to the body? Certainly yes…because they are portals through which one can notice signs of certain health problems..not only eye disorders like cataracts and glaucoma but also systemic sicknesses such as diabetes mellitus, jaundice and cardiovascular diseases. If you believed going to get your eyes checked is simply about vision, glasses or cataracts, think again.
Optometrists have looked beyond the eyes to find other problems for many years. Sometimes, the signs of these diseases are visible in on or around the eyes long before symptoms appears.
The eyes truly are unique real estate. But one would wonder whatever happened to the door of the estate? Why peep through the window when you can easily walk through the door? The window has got some subtle interesting qualities that make it a better means of entrance, besides enough air filters through the net (cornea) of the window and permeates through it to get the rear of the room for adequate ventilation. The eyes are the only sense organ in the body where you can see an exposed artery, exposed nerve and vein without doing any cutting. And the disease processes we see happening in the eye are probably taking place in the rest of the body.

The list of systemic diseases that can have ocular manifestations is a long one, besides cardiovascular disorder and diabetes, it includes tumor, aneurysms, HIV and rare genetic diseases. The list is one reason the eye experts (optometrists) recommend periodic eye examinations. In diabetic retinopathy, a common cause of blindness, blood vessels damage and leak blood and fluid. When blood vessels don’t function properly, they can likely cause eye tissue to be lacking oxygen and to die, leaving permanent vision loss or impairment.
Individuals are recommended eye examination whenever they notice any vision changes or injury. Everyone should have comprehensive eye examination by age 40. Adults with no symptoms or known risk factors for eye disease should get a baseline examination by age 40 and return every two to four years for evaluation until their mid 50s. From 55 to 64 should go for eye examination every 1 to 3 years and every 1 to 2 years for those 65 and older.
During the stormy weather, the window can be forcefully closed, cracked, hazy, dented etc., in such a situation, the entrance of air (light) can either be blocked, distorted or redirected. Whatever the case, once it comes to the eye, images are poorly perceived. Quickly call on an ophthalmologist, if the damage is beyond the competence of the optometrist. Imagine a body without this window; imagine a world without your eyes.
See an optometrist today while you can.

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