How to tell if you may have Vision Problems, you can use this 10 point checklist to assess yourself

The thought of losing one's vision, along with the ability to hear, is one of life's scariest thoughts. In today's society, however, vision problems are more endemic - resulting from the increased level of stress that we put on our eyes. This increased stress may be from watching more television than our ancestors did; or from working on computers; or from generally reading the huge amount of print options now available.

Knowing when you may have an oncoming vision problem, and trying to lessen the causal effects of such, is essential. To help you with this, we set out a quick set of 10 questions that will guide you to know if you need to see an eye-specialist:

• Do you get headaches when you read for prolonged periods?
• Does your vision sometimes become blurred when you read?
• When you read material on your computer, do you sometimes suffer the effects of double vision?
• When looking at an object in the distance, is it sometime hard to refocus on near objects?
• When watching television, do you sometimes feel like the colors are blurring?
• When reading, do you feel the need to re-read what you just read because you didn't get it?
• When reading, watching television, or working on the computer, do your eyes have a tendency to itch?
• Is it more difficult to concentrate when reading materials than used to be the case?
• Do your eyes hurt when exposed to sunlight?
• When reading a newspaper, do you feel the need from time-to-time to look up/look away and then go back to the place you were reading?

If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, it may be time for you to have an eye-check. Please don't worry too much though, there are a number of reasons why this may happen, it's just better to be safe than sorry.

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