Why regular eye checks can change lives
Your eyes rarely complain. Unfortunately.
And that is precisely what makes many serious eye conditions so treacherous: they arrive quietly. No pain, no alarm, no obvious warning signal. Glaucoma steals the visual field from the outside in – so slowly that you barely notice. Macular degeneration changes the retina before your sight noticeably suffers. Diabetic retinal changes can be well advanced while you feel perfectly healthy.
The good news: anyone who sees an ophthalmologist regularly is one decisive step ahead of these silent conditions. With modern equipment such as OCT – a kind of high-precision camera for the retina – we detect tiny changes long before symptoms appear. Detected early, many eye conditions respond well to treatment.
Our recommendation: every two years from the age of 40, annually from 60. With risk factors such as diabetes, severe short-sightedness or a family history: earlier and more often.
An eye check at Argus takes around 30 to 45 minutes. Afterwards, you know exactly how your eyes are doing – explained in plain words, without jargon, without rushing. Your eyes deserve that. And so do you.
Your eyes are close to our hearts.
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