You take the time to worry about your heart and your lungs, so why wouldn't you think about your eye health? If you are like most people, it might be because you don't know that much about how to take care of your eyes. Fortunately, I have been working with other people to teach them about eye health for the past twenty years. My father lost his eyesight because of a few bad decisions, and I don't want to see other people go down that path. Read here to learn why you should exercise, eat right, and see your eye doctor regularly.
Improving Your Eye Health
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4 Telltale Signs It's Time For An Eye Examination
23 September 2021
According to the Vision Impact Institute, 60% of the people in the world require vision correction. That's a huge number. Fortunately, 80% of all vision impairments can be corrected or avoided with early detection. Thus, it's important to schedule regular eye examinations to detect any eye problems early and keep your vision strong. Here are four signs it's time for an eye exam. You're Having Screen-Time Strain Mobile phones, television, and computer screens can lead to serious eye strain, which eventually develops into computer vision syndrome (CVS).
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4 Simple Ways You Know You Perhaps Need Cataract Surgery
6 May 2021
Eye health is critical, especially as you get older. Sometimes, issues with your eyes come from a problem limited to the eyes. At other times, eye problems might result from underlying health issues. Cataracts are one of the eye problems that conditions like diabetes can cause. Once they form, your vision becomes blurrier by the day, and if you don't see an eye doctor in good time, you might end up blind.
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What Are Your Treatment Options When Glaucoma Meds Don't Work?
27 January 2021
When you are diagnosed with glaucoma, your doctor will usually start by prescribing one or more medications to hopefully bring the condition under closer control. These medications may include prostaglandin eye drops, beta blockers, and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Some patients respond well to these medications, and others continue to experience increasing intraocular eye pressure in spite of taking their meds. If meds have not controlled your glaucoma sufficiently, then here are a few treatments your eye doctor may recommend as next steps.