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Attach Importance of Eye Health Maintenance

November 16th, 2009

God creates men for the sake of letting them see and praise the greatness of His creation; therefore, He endows eyes to human. With eyes, man is able to see the green trees and red flowers; with eyes, man is able to connect their inner being to the outer world; with eyes, man is able to look into others’ hearts and express feelings without words; with eyes, man is given a sense of belonging to this beautiful worlds. That is the reason why eyes are referred as the windows of our soul. Therefore, the significance of our eyes is obvious.

However, in today’s society, our eyes are facing a tough situation where pollution is anywhere, which is very bad for eyes health. For example, computer, a tool that brings us much convenience and happiness, is also of a main source of invisible pollution; when one works long before a computer, his or her eyes not only feel strained but also harmed by radiation. In addition, electronic, gadgets, and dust, etc. constitute other elements harmful to eyes. Although, our eyes are born to possess protective shields in form of eyebrow and eyelashes; when foreign matter enter eyes, tears produce which is able to help make those foreign matter outflow, necessary eye care should be done to reduce the risks of the effects of excessive strain.

Since eye is the most sensitive part of our body, nutrition to eyes is of importance. Taking right quantity of Vitamin A is helpful; a steady intake of minerals is also essential to maintain good eyesight. Besides, some topical applications are thought to be advantageous. For example, to refrigerate a teaspoon for a few minutes and then to put on the eyes and to take two bags of black tea and dab them onto the eyes for 15 to 20 minutes before going to bed.

Apart from the nutritional therapy listed above, some eye exercises should also be taken regularly. When you have been sitting before a computer or a TV, or reading books for a long time, the easiest way to ease eyes is to do some eye exercises. If you do not know how to do, there are a lot of books with relative information, you can buy some. Into the bargain, taking along eye drops or solutions to moisten the eyes is essential, for the reason that our eyes are easy to get dry, especially in windy days, so that dust particles can be removed. It is suggested to clean with a compression of a chamomile infusion on the eyes for at least 10 minutes.

Another way to maintain eye health is to apply to some creams to surrounding eye skin areas, which is usually done by ladies. By this way, our eyes are not so inclined to get dark circles and regain elasticity of the skin around them, making us a whole day refreshing and vigorous.

One thing noteworthy is that children should recognize the importance of eye health. They should do a lot more with their eyes than the adults do, for they are in their growth period and eyes condition are not stable, besides which they have to pay extra attention to words and letters for study. Thus they are more prone to strain. Therefore, children should especially attach importance to their eyes.

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A Balanced Diet is Essential for Good Eyesight

November 15th, 2009

Since we are in our childhood, teachers and parents have told us that doing eye exercises is good for our eyes. Besides, we are always taught that we must read books with proper sitting position. Furthermore, foods have a great influence on eyesight. A reasonable diet means lower morbidity of eye disease.

Foods contain lots of nutrition as protein, vitamins, fatty acids and some microelement. They are of great help in protecting eyes.

Rhodopsin is consisted of protein, so protein supplements are essential. Eggs are rich for cysteine, amino acids, and sulfur. As well, soy is abundant with protein. Besides, it’s low in fat which is good for eyesight, too.

Vitamins are indispensable. Red and orange foods like apricots and cantaloupe are full of vitamin A. The importance of Vitamin C and E supplements is obvious, too. A recent research shows that the likelihood women who take Vitamin C tablets getting ill is 64 percents lower than those who do not take Vitamin C. And those who take Vitamin E reduce the chance of morbidity by 50 percents.

Essential fatty acids are also required by your body. They contribute to forming cell membranes of eyes. So take more fish or flaxseed oil. They are rich for essential fatty acids.

Zinc can slow down the cause and development of age related macular degeneration (AMD). Therefore, taking zinc tablets when you are lack for it.

Another kind of nutrition is also quite important. Anthocyanosides can make capillaries stronger and bring more about rhodopsin. Bilberry jam is of this kind. Lutein can protect the macula where eyesight forms. And many foods are rich for lutein such as spinach, broccoli, citrus, brussel sprouts, corn, egg yolk, collards, and kale. Zeaxanthin is needed, too. You can eat collard greens, spinach and broccoli to get this nutrition.

Some inconspicuous foods are also in line. For example, Peppermint is good for eyesight. Cold water fish is very beneficial, too.

Have a balanced diet, and you’ll be away from glaucoma, cataracts, and other eye diseases.

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Tips to Enhance Your Eyesight

November 14th, 2009

Eyes are precious possessions of our body. We use eyes to help us to see the colorful world clearly. But we seldom care about our eyes, and we should feel sorry about it. We are getting used to resort to eye corrective tool or surgery to change our poor eyesight. Actually, we can follow some tips to enhance our eyesight, like diet, exercise, good habits and so on.

1.    Have a healthy diet in your daily life. Vitamins are strongly needed, because Vitamin A is beneficial to night eyesight and Vitamin E is good to macular degeneration and cataracts prevention. Fish is rich for Omega-3 fatty acids, which is responsible for preventing dry-eye syndrome. It is better to have fish every other day, but if you do not like fish very much, you can resort to fish oil supplements. Red onions, instead of the yellow onions, are more contributed to cataracts prevention.

2.    Have enough rest. Strain is considered to be the main factor of eye problem. Working, reading and watching for a long time is not welcome by eyes, for this will lead to defective vision.

3.    Do regular eye exercise. You can shift your vision from far to near objects several times to train your eye muscles. Or try to learn some way to do eye exercise to perform it by yourself while you are free. Doing Eye exercise can fight back against eye problems, like premature loss if vision, eye diseases and so on.

4.    Form good habits. Remember to wear goggles while swimming or diving, for the salt or chlorine in sea or swimming pool will do harm to your eyes. If your job is involved in some kind of manual activity, you are also suggested to wear protective eye-gear to prevent debris or dirt into your eyes, thus having a bad effect on your vision. Do not sit right under the vent of air-conditioner, in that way, the air will blow at your eyes directly therefore causing dry eyes, corneal abrasion and the worst consequence of blindness. It is better to wear sunglasses to protect eyes from sunshine and wind while outside. Having regular checkup on your eyes is a very rewarding thing. As if you can find your eye problem earlier, the possibility that the disease can be cured is greatly increased.

We are supposed to enhance our eyesight in the long run. Though eyeglasses, contacts and surgeries can correct your vision immediately, they have risks more or less. However, the four tips above are just natural and safe ways to enhance your vision gradually. So start now to enhance our eyesight by following the mentioned instructions.

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Keep away from blurred vision!

October 17th, 2009

Blurred vision is the lack of sharpness of vision and symptoms of not being able to see fine things, also called vision impairment, impaired vision, blurry vision. Blurred vision can be caused by many different conditions. Blurry vision occurs when a person who wears corrective lens, abnormalities present at birth, overexposure to the outdoors or a side effect of medications. Presbyopia can result in blurry vision too, mostly in your early to mid 40. Eye infection or injury may lead to blurred vision briefly. Cataracts always cause blurred vision, especially at nighttime. Glaucoma is another reason for blurred vision, which may happen suddenly. Macular degeneration can cause the loss of central vision, blurred vision and distorted vision. Diabetic retinopathy can not only lead to blurry vision but also blindness.

Blurred vision should not be ignored, because blurred vision can be the important clue to eye disease, aging, eye injury, retinal detachment or other conditions such as migraine, diabetes or stoke. When you find yourself of blurry vision, you should visit your eye doctor for an eye exam. Treatments or surgery will be depending on the cause of blurry vision.

In order to avoid blurred vision, make sure to do eye checkups from an ophthalmologist or optometris every year or half year. And daily habbits such as wear sunglasses, no smoking, keep blood pressure and blood sugar under control, eat green leafy vegetables are also effective to pretect you from blurry vision.

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Personal Eye Care

October 14th, 2009

Over one million people suffer eye injuries each year in America, most of which could have been prevented. The consciousness of eye care should be held by everyone. It is an advisable choice to wear protective safety glasses for eye care when people do sports and recreational activities. Also, people should pay more attention to children’s eyecare, supervise kids when they are playing with toys or games to avoid hurting their eyes from some projectile toys such as pellet guns. If people have an eye injury, get medical attention from an eye care doctor as soon as possible.

People also should attach importance to the influences of environments on their eye health. Just like the skin, eyes are damaged by UV rays coming from the sun, whether it is sunny day or overcast. According to eye care professional, people should always wear sunglasses which can offer UV ray protection for eyecare in daylight hours. When it is smoky, people should follow eyecare practitioners’ advice that try not to rub eyes, for not transfer dust and ash from hands to eyes.

People who do any of these things which require staring at one place for a long time such as working on a computer really need eye care. It is important to take frequent brakes and look at things farther away for a moment. There are some special eyecare films offered for computer screens to minimize the harm from looking at monitor for long period of time. As is pointed put by some eye care experts, people should make sure the lighting is correct for the activity they are doing-a bit dimmer for computer work and bright for reading.

Frequent check-ups with eyecare professional will be good for eyes health. If people have some eyes problems, some eye care products may help people for eyecare such as eye drops, which can use to relieve dry eyes. Also, people can do a number of eye care exercises, which can make eyes to stay in good shape and help with any inherent problems.

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