Louise Wood

When eye doctors look into your eyes they are investigating more than just your eye color or glasses prescription.

A comprehensive eye examination can uncover many serious health conditions. In fact, your eye is one of the parts of the body that reveals a particularly large proportion of health issues.

Eye tissue is an extension of brain tissue and research is currently focused on the ability of the eye to uncover degeneration in the brain.

Your eye doctor may be the first one to recognize an issue with your general health. Check out some common diseases which might be detected at your routine eye examination.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Or should it be, “A red wine a day keeps cataracts away?’

Yes, really. Research has established a link between low-to-moderate alcohol consumption and reduced risk of cataract formation. Since alcohol is far more often linked to negative health effects, you might want to celebrate this one!