Why have annual eye exams?

Your eyes are an integral part of your life. Factors ranging from workplace environment, systemic diseases, heredity, prescription drugs, surgical procedures and contact lens wear can affect your eyesight.

Besides being able to treat eyestrain and prescribe glasses or contacts, your optometrist can recognize signs of serious diseases or conditions before noticeable symptoms appear. Your optometrist, using sophisticated imaging and diagnostic equipment, can detect many conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma, high blood pressure, diabetes, tumor, multiple sclerosis, stroke and high cholesterol. Continuity of care and prevention of eye disease are very important to us in this practice.

Your yearly eye exam is essential to the health of your eyes. The office team feels strongly that children should be tested beginning at age two and have a full eye examination by age three and yearly hereafter to help detect and treat amblyopia (lazy eye), double vision, nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Please speak to us for information and OHIP and insurance coverage.

In addition, if you notice any of the following, please make an appointment with our office as soon as possible,

• Sudden loss of vision or noticeably decreased vision
• Sudden onset of "floating spots" or flashes of light
• Pain, swelling or redness of the eye area
• Decreased night vision
• Double vision
• Severe light sensitivity
• Pain, redness or light sensitivity while wearing contact lenses

OUR DISPENSARY

There are a lot of considerations when choosing frames and lenses. Weight, appearance, vision requirements, types of metals, types of plastic or glass. The list goes on and on. The staff, is up-to-date on the latest materials , styles and colors and we can assist you with choosing a frame. We want you to be totally satisfied and comfortable. We have many of the most recent styles and materials available, so please feel free to come by our dispensary and talk to us. We are always available to answer your questions. Office Hours etc.
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