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Protecting Your Eyesight

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Protecting and taking care of your eyes and your vision are important throughout your life. From early childhood screenings to cataract care, Beach Eye Care has put together the following information which you may find helpful and informative. We encourage you to call us if you have any questions on any of the information found here. Remember, it is very important to see an eye care professional if you feel you are having any vision issues.

With all of the options available for vision correction today, it’s no wonder that people often get confused by all of the choices available. That’s why your initial consultation is so important. Below you’ll find a list of common conditions of the eye, how they affect your vision and the different corrective treatments available.

If you have a history of using corrective lenses, you may be here to explore the possibility of a vision correction procedure. Or you may be perfectly fine wearing your glasses or contacts. The qualified doctors at Beach Eye Care cover all facets of eye care – from providing you with prescriptions for lenses, to the most advanced laser vision correction and cataract procedures, and advanced care for diseases of the eye.

The human eye and a camera work in similar ways. A camera allows light in through an aperture, focuses an image with a lens which then projects and records an image on film located at the rear of the camera. Your eye works basically the same way. Rather than film, at the back of the eye is the retina onto which the image is projected. From there the image is conveyed via the optic nerve to the brain which interprets the image by shape, color and dimension. If the proper amount of light enters the eye, the image perceived will strike the retina, resulting in normal vision. If, however, light entering the eye does not focus on the retina, the result is distorted vision.