From heart trouble to your risk of dementia 60 second DIY health tests that can save your life!

No fancy equipment, no cost, no waiting to see the GP – welcome to the quickest and easiest health check-ups yet. These simple tests, which you can do in the comfort of your own home, are surprisingly revealing about the state of your health. Best of all, they each take only a minute or so to do…

WINDOW TEST TO CHECK YOUR SIGHT

Do this:  Look at a door frame or large window frame from across a room, first with your right eye only (put your palm over your left eye for 30 seconds), then your left eye only.

What it means: You should be able to see the edges of the frame as vertical and horizontal parallel lines. If the door frame edges appear to have any kinks or are distorted in any way, or they bow in or out, this may indicate that you have macular degeneration.

It comes in two forms, wet and dry. With the wet form, which is more aggressive, tiny blood vessels grow under the retina – the light-sensitive patch at the back of the eye. These blood vessels leak, damaging the macula (a tiny spot at the back of the eye that is responsible for central vision). For the full article click here 

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