Eye Care


General Eye Care Health Guidelines

Even if you have quality eyesight and are not required to wear contact lenses or eyeglasses, there are some beneficial routine habits to follow in order to keep your eyes strong and healthy.  It is important to intake a large amount of fruits and vegetables because they are beneficial for your eyes, including vitamins C, A, and E, folic acid, iron and zinc.

Recent studies have shown that vitamins of the antioxidant group can prevent, or at least slow down, age-related conditions like macular degeneration and the development of cataracts. 

In addition, you should always read and use the computer with a suitable light on and with a reasonable amount of distance. Poor light can cause eyestrain and intense light can also cause damage, so decreasing the brightness level on your monitor may help prevent this from occurring.

Also, if you constantly work on a computer, you need to make sure you give your eyes a break by focusing on other objects in the distance because people tend to blink about 25% less often than usual while working at the computer and this causes dry eyes. 

Simply wearing UV sunglasses in the bright light of day will additionally help keep your eyesight at its best because direct sunrays cause heavy damage to eyes. Another important habit to break is rubbing your eyes because that irritates them even more, simply blink because this is the best way you can really protect them.

Finally, keeping up with an adequate amount of body exercise is vital to all aspects of your body, because this will improve your blood circulation and oxygen that is needed for eyes performance. 

Additional Advice for Upkeeping Safe Eye Wear Habits

For others, eye problems are inevitable and so wearing eyeglass or contact lenses are necessary. Besides following all of the guidelines above, there are some other important decisions that should be made for the prevention of any more future issues.  First and foremost, if contact lenses are a necessity, be sure to pick a quality brand that a doctor recommends because some will end up damaging your eyes even more.

Going along with that, the upkeep of your contact lenses as well as following the appropriate recommended schedule is extremely important. Every time you put your lenses in or take them out, rinse them. You should also take care to change the solution, when you are putting your lenses to rest for the night.

Also you should try to never wear your contact lenses for more than 19 hours at a time. As far as using eye drops, you should verify that you choose a brand that is appropriate for wearing contacts and only use the allergen-reducing eye drops sparingly.