5 tips to maintain eye health

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5- Periodic examination by the ophthalmologist:

Maj. Carli Murphy, 436th Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight commander, performs a slit lamp examination on Staff Sgt. Courtney Herrera, 436th Medical Support Squadron radiologic technologist, during a routine eye examination May 8, 2019, at the Optometry Clinic on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The slit lamp allowed Murphy to examine the health of Herrera’s eyes by viewing the optic nerves, blood vessels, macula, retina, cornea, iris and eye lids. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Adults without signs or risk factors for eye diseases should perform a basic eye disease examination at the age of forty, the time when early signs of the disease and changes in vision may begin to appear, and anyone with symptoms or a family history of eye disease must start Or diabetes or high blood pressure, visit an ophthalmologist periodically.

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