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The Importance of an Optic Nerve Exam in Routine Eye Care
A routine eye exam can tell you a great deal about how well you see, but the most valuable part of the visit is often the part patients never notice. The optic nerve, a small bundle of more than a million nerve fibers, carries visual information from the eye to the brain. It is easy to forget how central that structure is until something begins to go wrong. By then, the damage may already be advanced. That is why an optic nerve exam deserves a place in routine eye care,