Article: Search online for an optometrist or opthamologist in your area. An optometrist is trained to detect a number of eye diseases and can help prescribe corrective lenses. An ophthalmologist can perform eye surgery as well as detect eye diseases, prescribe medication, and prescribe corrective lenses. Do not replace regular visits to the optometrist with online vision tests. These tests should only be used to give you a general understanding of your quality of vision. A trained optometrist can give you a prescription for corrective lenses and can diagnose eye diseases such as glaucoma and cataracts. School aged children should have their eyes tested every one to two years. Adults between the ages of 20 and 40 should have their eyes tested once every five to ten years. Adults between the ages of 40 and 55 should have their eyes tested every two to four years. Adults between the ages of 55 and 65 should have their eyes tested every one to three years. Adults over the age of 65 should have their eyes tested every 1-2 years. An eye examination, unlike an online vision tests, looks at more than just your vision. For instance an eye exam also evaluates your ocular motility, visual fields, eye structure, and screens for eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration.
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Find an optometrist or opthamologist. Visit your eye doctor regularly. Complete a full eye exam.