At Bowden Eye Associates, we are able to provide eye care for all ages. Routine eye examinations are recommended for all ages. There are many reasons for this. Diseases that affect vision can strike without notice at any age. Many of the conditions that affect older patients actually start earlier in life and are picked up during routine evaluations. Any family history of eye disease should prompt a routine eye examination.

Children should be screened for common childhood eye problems, such as strabismus (crossed eyes) and amblyopia (lazy eye), as well as refractive errors such as nearsightedness and farsightedness.

Children should be screened younger than five if there is a family history of childhood vision problems, or if they appear to have crossed eyes.

People ages 40 to 65 should schedule an exam every two years. Some people may be at higher risk for eye-related diseases and will need to see an eye doctor more often.

Older adults should be examined at least every one to two years for cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other eye conditions.

One of the most common causes of vision loss in children and young adults is accidental eye injury. Common causes of vision-threatening eye injury include:

• Sports-related accidents
• Work-related accidents
• Wood or metal shop debris
• Debris from yard work
• Chemical splashes from household cleaners
• Battery acid burns from jump-started vehicles

Accidental eye injury may be avoided by using appropriate eye protection, which can be recommended by one of our associate physicians.

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