You depend a lot on your vision, so doing all you can to support your eyes and keep your vision clear and crisp makes sense. Glasses and contact lenses can definitely help, but to keep your eyes healthy, you need to update your prescription from time to time to keep pace with changes in your vision.
At Long Island Ophthalmic Concepts, our team provides comprehensive eye exams to identify even subtle changes that can affect your ability to see clearly in all settings and environments. In this post, learn about five common signs that could mean it’s time to update your lens prescription.
Headaches affect millions of Americans, and while some headaches (like migraines) can be attributed to nerve issues, illness, or even dehydration, your lenses can definitely play a role, too.
When your lens prescription is outdated, it causes your eye muscles to strain in an effort to see clearly. Over time, this added and continual strain leads to headaches, especially during periods of intense focus, like when reading or using the computer, or when focusing on objects far away.
Nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and other vision problems can cause blurry vision; fortunately, corrective lenses provide a solution. Lenses help your eyes focus better, so you see more clearly.
If your vision is becoming blurry or fuzzy again despite wearing your glasses or contacts, that’s a really good sign that your prescription needs updating or that another issue is developing that needs to be treated. In either case, scheduling an eye exam is very important to restore your vision and identify and treat any new underlying problems.
Corrective lenses are designed to help you see clearly at all distances. If you’re having trouble reading, using the computer, doing other close-up work, or if distance vision is blurry, your prescription could be to blame.
The same is true if you develop problems doing close-up work as you age. This condition is called presbyopia, and just like hyperopia and myopia, it can be helped with a new prescription tailored to your eyes’ evolving needs.
Most people think of corrective lenses in terms of how they help them see during the day at work or school, but glasses help with night vision, too. If you find you’re not seeing as clearly at night or in dim environments, it’s a good indicator that your lenses need to be updated.
Underlying problems, like cataracts, can cause some night vision issues. Having an eye exam helps uncover these problems, too, so they can be treated.
Eye fatigue or eye strain is another reason to have your prescription evaluated. Like headaches, eye strain happens when your eyes try to adjust to provide clear vision, but changes in your prescription make that adjustment difficult or impossible.
Ongoing strain leads to eye fatigue, dryness, burning, soreness, and related symptoms that make even simple tasks extremely uncomfortable. Updating your prescription could be all it takes to relieve these problems and prevent them.
Annual eye exams are important for ensuring your lens prescription remains optimized for your vision needs, especially as you age. Even if you don’t use corrective lenses, yearly exams help identify vision issues early, so they can be treated before more major problems occur.
To have your eyewear prescription evaluated or to schedule your annual exam, request an appointment online or over the phone with the team at Long Island Ophthalmic Concepts in Bellmore and Great Neck, New York, today.
