Adult & Senior Eye Exams in Plainville

Many people’s vision changes as they reach 40. Presbyopia occurs when the eye’s natural lens becomes less flexible, causing your eyes to be unable to focus clearly during up-close activities, like reading and working at the computer.

Your optometrist may prescribe bifocal or progressive lenses to help you see better.

The normally clear crystalline lens in our eyes can become brittle over time, causing it to cloud over and create a cataract. This can result in hazy vision over time.

Your optometrist may increase your lens prescription to accommodate for the changes in your vision, but eventually, you may require cataract surgery to replace the cloudy lens with a clear one.

As a group of eye diseases, glaucoma typically occurs as a result of increased pressure inside of the eye. This condition puts pressure on the optic nerve, the part of your eye responsible for sending images to your brain.

At first, glaucoma begins affecting your peripheral vision, then works its way in. In the beginning stages, glaucoma may not present any symptoms, but it can be diagnosed at your comprehensive eye exam.

Often referred to as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), this eye disease comes in 2 forms: dry and wet.

Both forms cause your macula (the part of your eye responsible for clear central vision) to swell. In its dry form, macular degeneration progresses slowly. In its wet form, fluid can build up in front of your macula, causing quick damage to your eyesight.

You may notice that lines appear wavy or it may feel like you have a spot of dirt in the middle of your vision. Macular degeneration can make it difficult to read, drive, and recognize people’s faces.