SciShow: 4 Big Reasons to Get Your Eyes Checked (Even With 20/20 Vision)

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Content of the Lesson: This video was sponsored by Simple Contacts. Go to http://simplecontacts.com/scishow and use the promo code “scishow” to get $20 off your next order of contacts. If you don't have vision problems, getting an eye exam probably hasn't been your top priority, however visiting an ophthalmologist won't just tell you about your eyes, it can reveal a lot about your health. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/your-eyes-a-window-to-your-health/ https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments/academic-departments/ophthalmology-visual-sciences/our-department/media-center/eye-facts/systemic-disease-and-the-eye/ https://med.virginia.edu/ophthalmology/wp-content/uploads/sites/295/2015/12/Systemic.pdf https://nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/retinopathy https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-symptoms-high-blood-pressure https://opto.ca/health-library/the-eye-and-stis https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/eye-disease-high-blood-pressure https://www.healthline.com/health/hypertensive-retinopathy https://www.livescience.com/52344-inflammation.html https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5497?view=long&pmid=21920887 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14206-retinal-vein-occlusion-rvo https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/420485 https://www.diabetes.co.uk/body/blood-vessels.html https://bjo.bmj.com/content/89/12/1646 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805548/ https://nei.nih.gov/health/macular-edema/fact_sheet https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640200/ http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Yourbody/Arteries https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1120075/ https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/12/13/the-eyes-have-it-for-high-blood-pressure-clues


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