Many people say that preventing is better than cure,
no exception for the health of our eyes. Many simple ways to be able to do it.
Some of these steps we can do to preserve the health of our eyes.
Routine Eye Saw was one of them.
Old, young, men, women or all human beings should be
routinely checked the eye to a specialist eye at least a minimum of 2 years in
order to make the vision of the eye is always healthy and protected. Adults
aged over 40 years even suggested to his eyes checked once a year. This is
useful to prevent eye diseases that are associated with the addition of the
age, such as glaucoma and cataracts. Even at the age of between 6-12 month, the
eyes of the children should already be checked to detect vision problems that
may affect their learning ability.
Find out about eye health history family. Why?
Because many diseases or problems of the eyes which is derived from parent to
child. In addition, there is also a disease that can be detected by examination
of the eye, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. With regular inspections,
various eye diseases and symptoms can be detected early. Any treatment would
certainly be easier.
Eating Nutritious Foods
Research shows if vitamins C and E, zinc, lutein,
omega-3 fatty acid suspected may help ward off age-related eye problems such as
cataract and macular degeneration of the eye. Green leafy vegetables, salmon,
tuna, egg, nuts, blueberries, blackberries, and oranges if consumed on a
regular basis can help maintain eye health.
Don't Be Too Long Staring At The Computer
Staring at a computer screen for too long can cause
headaches, neck pain, pain in the shoulders and back, eyes dry and taut, hard
stare at the focus distance, and the view becomes blurry. If you work in front
of a computer all day, every 20 minutes diverting eyes as far as 6 metres for
20 seconds to reduce the strain on the eyes. Or it could also rest the eyes for
15 minutes every 2 hours. And if your eyes feel dry, please wink.
Wear Sunglasses
Not only is the skin that needs to be protected from
the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays of the Sun, eyes also need. Too often
exposed to ultraviolet rays may cause cataracts, macular degeneration disease,
corneal burn, and even cancer of the eyelids. Therefore, wear sunglasses that
can block UVA and UVB rays or wear a hat when walking around during the day.
No smoking
Smoking can increase the risk of cataracts, macular
degeneration, and damage to the optic nerve which is capable of causing
blindness as well as damaging the retina. Smoking also can grow the plaque in
the arteries and weaken the blood stream up to pose a risk of heart attack.
Avid Sports
Research reveals if sports may be able to reduce the
risk of vision loss due to high blood pressure, diabetes, and narrowing or
hardening of the blood vessels.
How to maintain eye health can also be done by not
ignoring the various problems in the eye. If it feels like there is a grain of
sand in the eye, rinse with clean water. And if your eyes itch or turned red,
overcome with eye drops or cold compress.
Check with your eye doctor immediately if symptoms
continue like above. Or if the eye pain, swelling, sensitivity to light, as it
is the floating dark spots when viewed, or any time you cannot see normally.
Hopefully helpful.
Thank you.