Red flag dementia sign in your eyes seen 12 years before diagnosis [Video]

Dr Hilary lists the early symptoms of dementia

They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. And whether you believe that or not it is certainly true that our eyes can tell us plenty about our health and wellbeing.

New research, by a team from Loughborough University and the University of Cambridge, has found that they could even determine if someone is at risk for dementia.

Dementia is a syndrome, or a group of symptoms, associated with the ongoing decline of the brain. As a result it can cause problems with memory, behaviour and even movement.

Visual difficulties are also a known symptom for some, because the dementia affects the parts of their brain that handle visual information coming from the eyes.

But this study, published in Scientific Reports journal, showed that the eyes could predict dementia 12 years before it is diagnosed.

Your eyes could predict your risk of dementia 12 years in advance, a study found …