Greetings to all and sundry,

It is another beautiful day today and great pleasure here to you to have this opportunity to share another great health tip with you. I trust you found the previous post enlightening and refreshing. If you are yet to read you can find it here. ![eye-3221498_960_720.webp](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdNfMHdkXqUeC4C2xMarQXZb2hNAj2ecnBX3AuabgTw1p/eye-3221498_960_720.webp) _{[image source](https://pixabay.com/photos/eye-iris-pupil-vision-eyeball-3221498/)} In the meantime, for today we would be discussing one of the most important factors when it comes to eye care and we do hope that members would take this to heart and make effort towards it. Today we are looking at when and why you need to get an eye checkup. Have you had your eyes checked yet? World Sight Day is coming and is a great opportunity to get your eyes checked for free. ---- ##### Getting an Eye Examination ----- I meet a lot of patients day in and day out who come to the hospital for the first to check their eyes and for that matter their sight 3 or 4 decades after their birth and even so only came because they feel like whatever trouble they are experiencing currently is a bit overwhelming for them that it is scaring them enough to come. These kinda patients some of them are lucky enough to have nothing critical wrong with them, they get treated and are on their way, their sight may just be fine and their ocular health may just be enough or ok to keep them going. Then some only come in to realize that they have been losing their sight all this while and that some damages have been going on for a while. If only they had come in sooner for a routine examination. ![eye-care-5016078_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZREwA67WRm3TDS2QLWo8swCekLG1o8ZbrQsg77QKxNSp/eye-care-5016078_960_720.jpg) _{[image source](https://pixabay.com/photos/eye-care-eye-consult-doctor-5016078/)} A lot of the ocular conditions that present to the hospital tend to have peculiar signs and symptoms and for some, they do not show anything at all until a whole lot of damage has already occurred. Conditions like glaucoma won't even bother giving you anything to look out for until you have lost almost all your vision, and the sad thing about this is that absolutely nothing can be done about it. The damage is irreversible and vision lost can't be gained. Many individuals are walking about thinking that they are seeing at the optimal level when in reality their vision is nowhere near the ideal point. Because these individuals have never had their eyes checked they believe and trust that they have the very best ocular health and vision, this causes the brain to get used to the wrong information such that later on not much can even be done to improve your sight or vision, a condition knows as amblyopia. This and many other reasons are why you ought to get your eyes checked, check them often, check them routinely, and don't wait to experience some form of pain or blurred vision, or some other form of ocular discomfort before you visit your optometrist. It may just be too late to help you and you may wish you had come in earlier. So when is the most appropriate time to have your first examination and the subsequent ones too? ------ #### When to Get an Eye Exams ------ When you give birth to that bouncing baby boy or girl, please do well to have an ophthalmic consult before you go home, ideally, you should have your baby's eyes checked within the first week of his birth, the first trimester of his birth, and then by year 1. Within the first 10 decades of your child's life, a lot of neural development occurs and the brain is quite plastic at this point which means any anomaly detected has the best chance of being corrected. ![optometrist-91751_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTnnrsSRU9zocpbSJsWaTDpCdcz8GJBqpfn6efA7fFNuF/optometrist-91751_960_720.jpg) _{[image source](https://pixabay.com/photos/eye-care-eye-consult-doctor-5016078/)} Do well to always check your child's eye every year and do not hesitate should you notice any anomaly with regards to their ocular health. Kindly avoid over-the-counter medication as these could give a false sense of hope and leave the underlying causes undetected causing more harm over time. Antibacterial medications can easily be resisted and thus we have to be more meticulous when it comes to these. ----- #### Conclusion ----- It is always best to see a professional when it comes to your ocular health and your general health. You only live once and you have only one sight and most often than not damage to the eye may be irreversible and so let's make more effort towards that. I wish you a great week, thanks for reading, and have a wonderful time.