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New Free Senior Care Report on Caring For Your Eyes


Are you having trouble seeing? Do you change glasses during the day? Are you afraid to drive at night? Are your eyes dry or is your vision cloudy? When you try to sleep, do these kinds of questions keep you awake as you wonder if you are going to be able to age in place?

If you are approaching age 60 or are in your 60s or beyond, you may be suffering from one of the five most common eye problems. You need to be aware of the warning signs of these eye problems. Catching eye disease early is very important. The earlier these problems are detected and treated, the more likely it is that you can retain good vision. This is so important that we have come up with a new, free Sequoia Senior Solutions guide: Vision and Aging - The Five Most Common Age-Related Eye Problems that you can get if you click here.

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Let’s take a few minutes to look at three of the five problems:

Glaucoma

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Glaucoma develops when there is too much fluid pressure in the eye. This extra pressure results when either too much fluid is produced or not enough fluid drains out between the cornea and the iris.

If not treated early, glaucoma can cause damage to the optic nerve and permanent loss of vision. Ready to watch for early warning signs of glaucoma? There are none. Glaucoma is sometimes referred to as the “silent thief” because by the time people notice its effects, usually the loss of peripheral vision, they’re been robbed of their vision. For this reason it’s important to have regular screenings by an eye doctor. Instruments can detect the fluid pressure in the eye that indicates glaucoma. With glaucoma, there is a strong genetic link and no proven prevention techniques. However, if caught early, before optic nerve damage has occurred, glaucoma can be treated. Once vision is lost, it can’t be brought back.

Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degenerations is an eye disease affecting the macula, the center of the retina. The disease causes loss of central vision. The macula allows us to see fine detail and colors. Reading, driving, and recognizing faces all require good central vision. With macular degeneration, peripheral vision is not affected.

Dry Eye

Tears are necessary for maintaining the health of the front surface of the eye and giving us clear vision. With dry eye, which is more common in women, there are either not enough tears or the tears are of too poor a quality to lubricate and nourish the eye. Symptoms of dry eye can include stinging and burning or tears and a lot of blinking.

How do you know?

Regular Eye Exams

Screenings can catch symptomless eye disorders early enough to make treatment effective.

Since we go to a different doctor for our eyes, it’s easy to think of them as unrelated to the health of the rest of our body. The eyes are not separate from the body. All our systems are interconnected. Taking care of our general health pays dividends when it comes to eye health.

Know the symptoms

If you study the information in our new free guide, you can become aware of the symptoms of all five of the eye problems. You will also get information on what you can do to improve some of them. Don’t take your eyes for granted. You don’t want to lose your sight.

To learn more about this, please get your new, free guide from Sequoia Senior Solutions: Vision and Aging - The Five Most Common Age-Related Eye Problems. You can get if you click here.

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