How to Take Care of Your Eyes





How to Take Care of Your Eyes
Your eyes are an important part of your health. There are many things you can do to keep them healthy and make sure you are seeing your best. Getting a good eye sight is not a tough job but you can follow some easy trend to protect your eyesight. Whatever you are doing, playing any sports or traveling or any other action you can take care of your eyes too easily.Follow these simple steps for maintaining healthy eyes well into your golden years.





Know your family’s eye health history

 Talk to your family members about their eye health history. It’s important to know if anyone has been diagnosed with a disease or condition since many are hereditary. This will help to determine if you are at higher risk for developing an eye disease or condition.

Eat right to protect your sight

 You’ve heard carrots are good for your eyes. But eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, particularly dark leafy greens such as spinach, kale, or collard greens is important for keeping your eyes healthy, too.Research has also shown there are eye health benefits from eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut.

Maintain a healthy weight

Being overweight or obese increases your risk of developing diabetes and other systemic conditions, which can lead to vision loss, such as diabetic eye disease or glaucoma. If you are having trouble maintaining a healthy weight, talk to your doctor.

Quit smoking or never start

 Smoking is as bad for your eyes as it is for the rest of your body. Research has linked smoking to an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and optic nerve damage, all of which can lead to blindness.

Be cool and wear your shades

 Sunglasses are a great fashion accessory, but their most important job is to protect your eyes from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. When purchasing sunglasses, look for ones that block out 99 to 100 percent of both UV-A and UV-B radiation.
 

Practice workplace eye safety

 Employers are required to provide a safe work environment. When protective eyewear is required as a part of your job, make a habit of wearing the appropriate type at all times and encourage your coworkers to do the same.

Wear your contact lenses—properly

Avoid wearing contact lenses for more than 19 hours. This can cause permanent sight damage as well as extreme discomfort to your eyes. Don't wear glasses too long either. Especially 3-D glasses.Never sleep with your contact lenses in unless specifically instructed to do so.Your eyes need regular supplies of oxygen, and lenses block the flow of oxygen to the eyes, especially during sleep. So doctors recommend a normal period of break for your eyes during the night.

Avoid wearing your contact lenses when swimming. Your lenses could easily slip off your ideas when they come in contact with the surface area of the water. If you are wearing goggles, your contact lenses may be used while swimming.

Use allergen-reducing eye drops sparingly

 Using an allergen-reducing eye drop during allergy season to 'get the red out' and sooth itchiness may help on a limited basis, but chronic daily use can actually make the problem worse.Allergen-reducing eye drops work by constricting the blood flow to the cornea, thereby depriving it of oxygen. So while your eyes don't feel inflamed and itchy anymore, they're actually not getting any oxygen from blood. That's not ideal.Using redness-relieving eye drops chronically will cause more redness in your eyes. Your body gets so accustomed to the chemicals in the eye drops that they no longer work effectively.Read the labels of eye drops carefully; many drops cannot be used while wearing contacts.



Use cucumber on your eyelids

Press cold cucumber slices gently against eyelids 10 minutes before going to sleep at night to prevent puffiness.Cucumbers contain asorbic acid and caffeic acid, which prevent water retention.These compounds help explain why cucumbers are used throughout the world to treat inflammation and dermatitis.Green tea bag may also help prevent puffiness if applied to the eyes. Soak the tea bag in cold water for a few minutes and place over eyes for 15-20 minutes. The tannins in the tea should help reduce inflammation.
 

Try not to spend so much time looking at your computer screen

PDA and computers are something without which you cannot imagine your life today. These technological gifts ay give you eye strains, blurred vision, dry issues and many such issues. If you really want to avoid these problems then you need to work out with your work environment. If you are working on computer then the screen of your PC should be at least 5-9 inches away from your eye. It leads to lower down your eyelids and provide a healthier blink rate. Sometimes it’s tough to manage the distance between the monitor and you and hence it’s better to maintain a distance between monitor and eye. Ensure that no glare happens in your screen. Ensure that after an interval of 20 min you shift your concentration for a while. It helps in healing your eyes focusing system

Exercise your eyes, and also be sure to relax them

Try focusing your eyes on objects that are near to you, then objects that are far away. Repeat this process multiple times.Sit down, place your elbows on your hips, close your eyes and bring your closed eyes down, resting them on your palms. Keep your palms covering your eyes for 10 seconds. Open your eyes and repeat as necessary.Stretch your arm out and place your thumb in the hitchhiker position. Focus your vision on your thumb while you slowly bring your outstretched arm closer to your body, until your thumb is about five inches from your face. Slowly zoom the thumb back to its original position, focusing on it with your eyes all the while.

 Do not read in dim light

Reading in dim light can cause eye strain but will not damage your eyes. If your eyes feel tired, stop for a while and take a break.

 Exposure to sun

Ultraviolet rays are too harmful for your eyes. If you are overexposed in UV rays that the chances of having cataracts, pterygium and Macular degeneration, small bumps over the white portion of your eyes and so on may occur. Whatever sunglasses or contact lenses you choose should be UV Protective.

Eyes are too sensitive organ and need to be taken regular care if you want to have a good vision throughout your life.


 
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8 comments:

  1. I agree - our eyes are actually delicate - though most people take it for granted we really do need to take care more about our eyes.

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  2. Awesome article for this topic; truly our eyes are delicately structured for us to be very careful.

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  3. these are great health tips on how to care for our eyes! thanks for sharing.

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  4. Great tips! In this day and age, the thing i think is the biggest struggle we are facing is the damage our eyes are getting when in front of the computer/screen.

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  5. We really need to take care of our eyes especially since it get weaker as we age.

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  6. We do need to take care more of our eyes - especially with technology lately - we may have been taking it for granted.

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  7. If you feel that something is not right with your eyes visit the doctor right away and don't self medicate

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  8. Eyes are often neglected. We get so used to it like breathing. And when it gets damaged, it will never be the same again (unless you spend an amount of cash if have it fixed, if possible). I know the consequences that I might face later in life brought by my computer addiction. Not the Facebook or game addiction but more on the computer and internet curiosity. I'm really fascinated by computers so I spend a minimum of 9 hours in front of it per day. -_-

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