How Often Should You Get an Eye Exam

How often should you get an eye exam? There isn't a one size fits all approach here. I typically recommend that everyone goes at least once every two years, however depending on your age and general eye health, you might need to go more. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. If you have any questions, submit them to [email protected] or you can now text me! Text ‘Join’ to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask your questions! SUMMARY KEYWORDS eye, vision, visual, eye exam, cataract, eyedrops, infant, vitreous, doctor, kids, macular degeneration, reducing, bilberry, developing, check, clarity, exam, problem, dry eye syndrome, tic toc 00:05 Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. 00:46 Hey, everybody, it's Dr. Sam. And I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So I'm going to take a question from a follower from tic toc. She's asking, number one, how often should she get an eye exam? And what type of eye exam should she get? Well, this is a great question. And I get this one, probably a few times a month. So generally speaking, if you're an adult, it's good to get a comprehensive eye exam every two years. A lot of it depends on your genetics, your lifestyle, how old you are. And these factors play into whether or not you should get more frequent eye exams, especially if the doctor finds something. Now obviously, if in your day to day activities, you start developing some blurred or distorted vision, you want to get to an eye doctor asap. Now, if you follow my stuff, you know that being proactive is everything. And there are ways that you can reduce your visual stress, you can eat better, you can take care of your eyes when you're working on digital screens. And even the prescriptions that you might be using are important based on you know, keeping your eyes healthy. Now for kids, it's a little different. Now, my perspective is that, you know, for children, the kind of eye exam I like to get, at least with kids, is to get one that is more than just reading the distance eye chart. You know, I used to consult with a lot of schools and school nurses used to ask me what would be the best screening device to see if a child has a vision problem. And their thinking was that a lot of vision problems were missed, because they all saw the distance eye chart at 2020. Now remember, 2020 is like seeing a 1/3 inch letter at 20 feet. That's only one aspect of your vision. And it's very static. And a lot of folks see 2020 vision eyesight, and yet they have vision problems. So in kids, one of the best screening devices is giving them a book or you know, something to read up close, and just to observe their reactions, responses and behaviors. So for example, in the kid, if you see them covering an eye closing an eye, bringing their reading material much closer, they're squinting, you know, these are all signals that there's probably some type of visual focusing problem. Now again, in my training, I look at the visual system from a developmental perspective, meaning that when I test a child, I'm comparing their chronological age to their performance age. And I'm doing all kinds of tests in the areas of first of all their primitive reflexes, their gross motor and vestibular health, their eye movements, their eye focusing the visual coordination and even their percep...