Eye Doctor Reviewed Answers to Common Eye Care Questions

Chances are you have asked or would like to ask your Eye Doctor one of these questions. We worked with multiple Eye Doctors to put together the top questions asked on a daily basis. Click on any of the questions below to see the answer.

1. What is the harm in extending the life of my contact lens?
2. What is a lazy eye? How do I know if my child has it?
3. Why do I need to pay a fee for contact lens evaluation every year in addition to the standard eye exam fee
4. How can I help prevent from getting cataracts? Are there things I can do or foods that I can eat to help prevent cataracts?
5. Why is the contact lens prescription different than the glasses, aren’t they the same?
6. What is 20/20? What is 20/40?
7. How do you read this eye glasses and contacts prescriptions?
8. Do I have astigmatism?
9. When will my eyes stop changing?
10. What can I do to prevent my eye sight from getting worse?
11. Can I do laser eye surgery?
12. Am I color blind? If I am what happens?
13. How often should I get my eyes checked?
14. Why do I need my eye dilated?
15. Every time I go to the doctor, they always puff this air into my eyes, what is it?
16. My doctor told me I have cataracts. When can I get surgery?
17. Why has my vision gotten worse since my last visit?
18. What is the difference between soft and hard contact lenses?
19. What is the difference between different brands of contact lenses?
20. How about different solutions?
21. What is the difference between 1-day, 2 weeks, monthly quarterly, or annual replacement lenses?
22. What is the danger of not taking off my contact lenses? (I like to sleep in with them)
23. Is laser eye surgery going to cure my eyes forever?
24. What are the common eye diseases that I should watch out for?
25. Why do people need reading glasses? Are there people that don’t need reading glasses as they get older?
26. What is the difference between Optometrist, Ophthalmologist, and Optician?
27. I Don’t Think I have any Problems with my Eyes. Should I still get them Checked?
28. How young can a child get his/her eyes tested?
29. How do I Effectively Apply Eye Drops?
30. Why Does my Prescription Expire? My Vision has not Changed!

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