Scheduling your regular eye exams helps maintain your vision as you age. However, the precise frequency depends on a variety of factors, so your optometrist can best plan how often you should visit. But to help determine if you’re due for a trip to the eye doctor, the following guidelines are invaluable. 

Use Corrective Eyewear 

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, your eye doctor will want to see you once a year. Since it’s natural for less than perfect vision to continue gradually worsen, eye exams ensure your prescription is always up to date. Have you gone for several years without an appointment? Your corrective eyewear could become insufficient, which can cause headaches and blurred vision.

Have Risk Factors

If you have a high risk of developing specific vision problems because of your age or medical history, the optometrist may want to examine you reasonably often. For example, those over 65 should get complete eye exams every one to two years. You may also have to schedule more frequent eye exams if you have diabetes, eye trauma, a family history of glaucoma.

Lack Eye Problems 

Those who are in relatively good health with no significant risk factors should undergo an eye exam every three to five years when they're between the ages of 25 and 39. Since the risk of developing eye issues increases with age, such individuals may need to schedule exams every two to four years upon turning 40. 

If you’re due for an eye exam, call Wise Vision Care in Elizabethtown, KY. Since 1995, this practice has cared for families throughout Hardin and Larue counties, and their knowledgeable providers have stayed up-to-date on advancements in optometry. Today, they’re equipped to offer an array of services from glaucoma detection to prescribing special lenses for Computer Vision Syndrome. To schedule your next eye exam, reach out online, or call (270) 769-3708.