Eye care tips for healthy vision.

• Position: Optometry - Brief article

Are you sure that your eyes are as healthy as they should be? Many ailments that can cause blindness have no symptoms in their earliest stages. To protect your vision, now and into the future, it is important to get regular, comprehensive exams, especially if you are one of the more than 23,000,000 Americans age 18 and older who, according to a survey conducted by the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Md., never have had his or her eyes examined.

NEI relates that the most-common reason for not getting an exam is assuming that you do not have a problem.

A comprehensive exam, including dilation--a painless process that allows doctors a view inside of the eyes--is the best way to know if your eyes are healthy. The exam also should include a test for glaucoma, which affects more than 3,000,000 Americans, but only half are aware they have the...