Our eyes may be one of those things we take for granted until something happens, like blindness or glaucoma. There are many people out there with limited or no eyesight, but they learn to see the world in a different way. Before you neglect your eyesight too long, you should take some time to learn how to protect and take care of your eyes so you can enjoy the gift it gives you before it’s too late.
Think of what it would be like to not be able to see the way you do right now.
Get Regular Checkups
Just like going to the doctor for a physical and going to the dentist for a cleaning are regular parts of your health care routine, so should be getting your eyes checked. Your eye care health provider can detect issues early on with your eyes and your eyesight and early detection can help you keep your sight for longer.
Even if you need to wear contacts or eyeglasses to see with perfect, or near perfect, sight, you still can see and taking the step to wear glasses is only a great benefit to your health and your eyesight. Plus, wearing glasses gives you a chance to look stylish too!
Eat Healthy
There are certain foods and certain vitamins and minerals in those foods that can help keep your eyes healthy and your eyesight strong. Not only can certain foods help your eyes, but as you get older you may want to look into alternative treatments, like Ayurveda.
Ayurvedic medicine has pastes and other things that can help people who are fighting eyes diseases like macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Always Protect Your Eyes
If you work in a field where things are flying around in the air it is very important to wear eye protection. Don’t assume your glasses will protect your eyes. Safety glasses are made specifically to keep things out of your eyes. The last thing you want stuck in your eye is a piece of metal or wood.
Dust and other things aren’t good for your eyes either. Even if you are painting for a hobby with spray paints you want to wear protection so you keep your eyes healthy and happy.
There are other ways to care for your eyes too. If you suffer from allergies, itching your eyes can cause damage. Instead of itching use some soothing eye drops. If you suffer from dry eyes, though, don’t just turn to the eye drops. Go see your eye doctor to find out if there is some underlying cause of your dry eyes that drops might just mask.
Glaucoma
It is characterized by having multiple eye disorders including optic nerve damage, loss of vision field, and permanent damage to vision leading to blindness.Signs and symptoms include gradually progressive visual field loss, optic nerve changes, ocular pain, seeing halos around lights, redness of eyes, nausea and vomiting.
Keep your eyes safe and healthy and you will be able to enjoy them longer.
