Unfortunately, no treatment can restore youthful flexibility to your eyes as you age. However, routine eye exams with correction options help keep your vision performing at its best. In addition, a nutritious diet and exercise guard against age-related vision loss. Glasses with a reading component help reduce eye strain that may come from blurry reading. A prescription for reading glasses or contacts needs an update every year or two to respond to continuing vision changes.
Usually, a temporary condition that occurs from ordinary events, bloodshot eyes can happen to almost anyone. The redness that makes other people notice when you have it comes from inflamed blood vessels on the white part of the eye. When it causes pain or vision changes, severe headache, nausea, or fever, a visit to Dr. Tumulo in the Crossings Shopping Center on FL-54 can provide treatment.
Some of the most common eye infections can spread to someone else. The result of contracting a contagious disease can start with redness. Other symptoms include seeing black spots and having blurry vision or even blindness. However, many eye infections can cause discomfort without putting others at risk. When you know the difference, it may help protect your sight.
More than three-quarters of the American public wears glasses or contacts. The value of sight usually puts it on top of the list of senses. Most people think of it before thinking of smell, taste, hearing, or touch. Finding an eye doctor to prepare vision for a lifetime requires careful thought. These steps can help you pick the right vision care provider.
Almost 16 million Americans have dry eye syndrome, mainly women and anyone over age 50. The condition causes varying degrees of severity that may require treatment by an optometrist.
Because the lenses adjust to changes in light, they help you consistently see better. The lenses react to the sun’s UV rays. Special dyes in the lenses cause them to change color with exposure to light, becoming dark when you need protection from sunlight and glare. They help you discern brightness and contrast to allow you to see with clarity in all light locations.
A natural tendency to touch your eye when something gets in it can make an uncomfortable situation worse. While rubbing your eye may seem like the right thing to do, keeping your hands off makes more sense. An object as tiny as a speck of dirt or an eyelash can cause discomfort that you naturally want to remove as soon as possible. However, rubbing your eyes can cause scratches on your cornea or make the object harder to reach. You can choose safer ways for foreign body removal that relieve the irritation.
Glasses and contacts help your eyes focus light and make you see better, and about 75 percent of Americans wear them. The Vision Council estimates that about 64 percent wear glasses, and the other 11 percent prefer contacts. Normal changes to vision occur over time, and paying attention to them can help maintain good eyesight.
Preparation for an eye exam ahead of time can help you get the most benefit out of it. When you share information about yourself, it helps us evaluate and treat your vision issues.
Finding why things happen makes them easier to accept even when a reason may disappoint or cause frustration at times. When access to an explanation seems unavailable, alternative ideas may take their place. Medical science provides facts that clarify understanding when vision changes occur, and proven facts resolve the issue of whether spectacles can weaken vision. Glasses simply cannot change the anatomy of the eye and make vision worse.
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