How to Take Care of Your Eyes
God has blessed man with his choicest blessings. The five sensory organs coupled with reasoning have given us an edge over other living beings. Eyes, through which we see and understand and enjoy are the greatest of all gifts. We must take care of them so that they are useful to all our life.
What are the most common ailments that affect our lives? Some of the following defects manifest themselves very early in life, some times within six months of the birth. They are: blurred vision, constant headaches, eye ache, and migraine, watering eyes, red eyes, and black spots, eye diseases due to diabetes, glaucoma, cataract, retinal detachment, and eye injuries.
Regular eye checkup is an important part of total eye care. Early detection, through timely treatment, certainly prevents loss of vision from many eye disorders.
Refractive error is an irregularly in the way the light passes through the eye. This is the main cause of blurred or distorted vision. When refractive error is present light rays are not focused at one point on the Retina. They are neither refracted nor bent properly to achieve one single point on the Retina.
There are some defects of eyes to know everyone.
Myopia or Short sightedness:
With a Myopic eye one cannot see distant objects clearly. The eye is too long and the images form in front of the retina.
Hyperopia or long Sightedness:
A person affected with long-sightedness cannot focus on near objects. One suffers from eye strain and headaches.
Astigmatism of Cylindrical error:
A person with this vision defect would see some lines blurred. Both near and distant lines, whether they are vertical, horizontal or oblique are not seen clearly because the camera is regularly shaped.
Prebyopia:
This defect is found in everyone after the age of 40 in addition to other defects mentioned above. The crystalline lens loses its elasticity and the ability to focus on close objects or small print gradually declines. We find it difficult to view objects nearer. Regular eye check up and timely treatment helps to correct the disorders.
By knowing this defects one should be careful and is important to checkup their eyes at least once a month.
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CHAN LEE PENG | Oct 18, 2008 | Reply
Good info and good article! Take care!
Moses Ingram | Oct 18, 2008 | Reply
I have read this article with interest, as eye problems have affected many people in my family. My father was blind for the last 25 years of his life, and I have a son who has worn glasses since the age of three and doesn’t have enough sight to get a drivers licence. I often suffer from eye strain and wonder if I spend too much time staring at the computer screen.
Melody Arcamo Lagrimas | Oct 19, 2008 | Reply
Very well-researched and informative.
Anne Lyken-Garner | Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
My daughter has got astigmatism and has worn glasses since she was 3 years old.
Nice article
Khushwant | Dec 15, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the web site, excellent effort. The content is neat and to the point.
Ref this article on eyes I have myopia. Is there a way (Except Laser Surgery) to cure this ?
Unkwown | Jul 20, 2009 | Reply
There is a black spot in my eye. My sister has myopia though and has only started wearing glasses in 2009 AKA this year. She is 12 & in year 7 and has had myopia since she was in year 2
=] Thanx 4 tellin me wat Myopia is. Its real help [=
PS Great Info & Superb Article [= Lol