Have you used your vision insurance yet this year? With the end of the year just a few weeks away, make sure you take care of your eyes with your VSP Vision Care. If you are an MSU benefit-eligible employee and enrolled in VSP Vision Care, take advantage of your plan before the end of the year. Getting your eyes checked is a good idea for several reasons.

A routine eye exam can detect diabetes and other hidden health concerns like high blood pressure. Here are some things that can show up in your eye exam:

• Signs of diabetes can show in the eyes with blood spots and leaking fluid, your optometrist can also determine diabetic retinopathy.
• Diabetic retinopathy is a condition in which continuing damage to retinal tissues from diabetes can lead to impaired vision or even blindness if left untreated.
• About 24,000 people lost their sight ever year to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.
• Blurry vision can be a sign of high blood pressure.
• High blood pressure can affect your eye by blood covering the macula which affects the light sensing of retina tissue.

Don’t wait until vision problems occur to make an important eye exam. There is still time to have your eye exam for the 2018 year. For more information on VSP Vision Care, visit MSU Benefits Plus.