Adult Eye Exams in Edmonton

Patients between the ages of twenty and sixty-four have their eyes examined at least every two years. Our Optometrists may recommend more frequent exams depending upon the findings.

Adults aged sixty-five and older should have their eyes examined annually or as recommended by their Optometrist.

If you are an individual with diabetes, we recommend scheduling an eye exam every 6 months to a year to manage the risks of diabetic eye disease. 

Myopia is growing to be one of the most common refractive errors patients experience around the globe. What makes it so prevalent is its ability to develop to develop at an incredibly young age and progress until the patient is 25 years old.

Myopia occurs when your eye becomes elongated. This elongated shape then prevents light that enters your eye from focusing on your retina, instead focusing it in front of your retina. When this happens, it can blur your distance vision, but your near vision remains clear.

Astigmatism occurs when you have the inability to see at far or near distances. It generally occurs when you have an irregularly shaped cornea, which then prevents light that enters your eye from focusing evenly on your retina, causing blurry vision.

Astigmatism often occurs in tandem with refractive errors like myopia and hyperopia, which also impairs your eye’s ability to focus light on your retina properly.

Glaucoma is one of the most common eye diseases people can develop. There are 3 common types of glaucoma (open-angle glaucoma, closed-angle glaucoma, and normal-tension glaucoma) and they all can damage your vision by deteriorating your optic nerve.

Glaucoma can do this by raising your intraocular eye pressure, but it can also cause damage to your optic nerve without any other symptoms showing. The only way to detect glaucoma is by attending regular eye exams and having your optometrist observe the state of your optic nerve or by testing your intraocular pressure levels.

Diabetic retinopathy can occur when blockages form in the vessels behind your retina, due to excess glucose in your bloodstream. These blockages then cause the retina to develop new, but fragile, blood vessels.

Because of how delicate these new vessels are, they can break and leak fluids into your retina and macula, causing vision loss