Stress is becoming more and more a symptom of modern living and a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found over 40% of cardiac problems were stress-related. It is also considered by many medical practitioners – although there are no hard facts on this – to be a causative factor in many cancers. It can also, and this is the point of this article, impact on our lives as optometrists.
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For patients there may already be stress present by way of worries about work, illness, finances, family or even the general state of the world. However, in the course of an eye examination there are additional factors: Am I going to be told there is something wrong with my eyes? Will I give the correct answers? Does this mean I will have to wear glasses? I do not like things so close to (or in tonometry – touching) my eye?
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