Regular Eye Check-ups Key to Protecting Vision and Preventing Irreversible Eye Diseases
New Delhi [India], October 8: Regular eye check-ups play a crucial role in protecting vision and detecting silent eye diseases that often progress without symptoms until it is too late. Conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration can cause irreversible vision loss if not diagnosed early.
For children, routine eye examinations are essential to identify refractive errors, squint, or lazy eye that can affect their learning and development. Among adults, especially those above 40, screening helps in timely management of presbyopia, cataracts, and other age-related eye disorders.
On the occasion of World Sight Day, observed globally on October 9 with the theme “Love Your Eyes”, Centre for Sight Group of Eye Hospitals reinforces the importance of early...