Your eyes are a window into your overall state of health. They can warn you about many different diseases you may not even know you have. Many diseases affect your eyes and can be & are often first detected by a professional eye doctor like ours at Maple Lawn Eye Care Center during a comprehensive
eye exam in Silver Spring MD.
Your eye health and vision are vulnerable to numerous medical conditions. Because of this, your eyes tell a great deal about your overall general health and will indicate many diseases that you may not know you have. There are numerous diseases that can be detected by your eye doctor when you get your comprehensive
eye exam in Silver Spring MD. In fact some diseases can only be detected by the eye doctor. When an eye doctor performs your comprehensive eye exam, he’ll look for signs of serious various diseases and conditions. The following are just some of many serious diseases and conditions that affect the eyes: diabetes, high blood pressure, metastatic cancer, risk of stroke & Horner’s syndrome. Many people have diabetes and are not aware of it. Diabetes causes hemorrhages in the retina. Signs include tiny yellow deposits of fat blood cells. Metastatic cancer means that the cancer that starts in one area of the body shows up in another area. Sometimes cancer that starts somewhere else in the body will first show up in the eyes. Evidence of high blood pressure can be detected by looking at the retina. Tiny blood vessels in the retina kink and twist when high blood pressure is present. Dents in the retinal veins indicate a condition called A-V nicking are signs a person is at high risk for a stroke. A combination of droopy eyelids and pupils of different sizes are signs of a dangerous condition called Horner’s syndrome. If you notice these, see a doctor immediately. Horner’s is associated with aneurysms and tumors around the neck.
Don’t hesitate. Call our office & schedule your
eye exam in Silver Spring MD right now.
Maple Lawn Eye Care Center
3933 Ferrara Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20906
(301) 579-3204
7625 Maple Lawn Blvd Suite 125
Fulton, Maryland 20759-2565
(301) 876-4069
By Maple Lawn Eye Care Center
March 11, 2019
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