During a complete eye examination, your eye doctor will not only determine your prescription for glasses, but will also check your eyes for common eye diseases and evaluate your eyes as an indicator of your overall health.

Children who have trouble seeing or interpreting what they see will often have trouble with their schoolwork. Many times, children will not complain of vision problems simply because they don't know what "normal" vision looks like. If your child exhibits a reading or learning disability,constantly goes close to the TV to watch it or hold books close to the face, be sure to have his eyes examined to rule out an underlying visual cause. A routine eye checkup is recommended for all children before they start school ie., before 5years of age,also if there is a family history of wearing glasses.. Children should be brought to the ophthalmologist if the parents see any signs of squinting .

You experience a change in vision in one or both eyes, such as blurring, double vision, flashing lights or floaters.

You fall under the high risk group like Glaucoma (especially 40 years of age), Diabetes, High myopia (extreme near sightedness), Eye injury, Recurrent eye infections or prior intraocular inflammation.