Category: Eye Care

Wearing safety glasses protects your eyes from injuries that can cause vision loss. Safety glasses offer a higher standard of impact resistance than regular eyeglasses. Protective eyewear has features such as thinner prescription safety lenses as well as two classifications of performance. Testing of frames for safety glasses and goggles is done with the same criteria. This includes frame tests for basic and high-impact applications.
Protective eyewear is essential in many occupations. Those working in high-risk jobs can benefit. Carpenters, machinists, and plumbers are among those working in these areas. Standards for safety …

Omega-3s are crucial for maintaining good health. Studies show that Omega-3s offer great benefits to your eyes. Intake of omega-3s helps protect adult eyes from macular degeneration, even glaucoma, and dry eye syndrome. Omega-3s are readily available in fish, maternal breast milk, and some infant formulas.
In a recent study, healthy infants who were put on omega-3 supplements showed better visual activity than their counterparts. Pregnant women should include omega-3 in their diet to ensure their infants’ vision is developed.
You can add two servings of fatty fish to your weekly diet as advised by the American Heart …

Eye redness is caused by several factors. They include allergies, eye strain, sleepiness, viral and bacterial conjunctivitis, dry eye syndrome, and contact lenses use. Yellow eyes are caused by jaundice. Jaundice is the yellowing of the skin. This condition can be caused by health issues such as liver cirrhosis, malaria, pancreatitis, autoimmune diseases, and liver cancer. Sun exposure can also cause eye discoloration.
To make your eyes whiter, you should use eye drops or artificial tears. However, the true way to treat it is  to address the underlying problem. To alleviate eye allergies, you should avoid whatever triggers them. …

After eye dilation, there are things that you should not do.
Take the following precautions after you have had your eyes dilated:

Avoid driving as your vision will be blurred and sensitive to light because of the eye drops. So, wear sunglasses and ask your loved one to drive you home.
Do not look directly into the sun. Too much light will make your eyes strain leading to headaches.
Avoid staring at digital screens as the blue light from electronic screens leads to digital eye strains.
Do not read letters in small font. Struggling to see small fonts will cause fatigue, eye strains, and …