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No this is not a late-night personal injury lawyer infomercial.

This is a recommendation that you have your LASIK records available, for your own good, later in life.

There are 2 million cataract surgeries done yearly in the U.S. and the odds are, if you live long enough, you will eventually need cataract surgery, too.

What does this have to do with LASIK surgery? 

When doctors perform cataract surgery we remove the cataract, which is the lens of your eye that has become cloudy. ...

Diabetic retinopathy, which is a complication of diabetes that affects the eyes, is detected during a comprehensive eye exam that includes:

• Visual acuity testing.
• Dilated exam in which drops are placed to widen the pupil to allow examination of the retina.
• Tonometry. Measurement of the eye pressure inside the eye.

Supplemental testing may include:

• Optical coherence tomography (OCT). This is a non-invasive test that images the retina to detect any fluid or diabetic macular...