Top Ten Tips For Eyecare

Top Ten Tips For Eyecare 

1.  Feed your eye s good food. Vitamins A, C, D, and E are especially important for both adults
and children who want good eyesight. Eat lots of green, red, and yellow vegetables. Good
fats, such as fish oil, are necessary, too.
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2.  Don't make your eyes work to hard! Wear the correct contacts lenses and glasses. Keep
your prescriptions up to date.
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3.  Protect your eyes from injury. Wear top quality, shatterproof glasses and sunglasses.
Wear safety glasses for hazardous work and sports, and always follow work safety rules.
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4.  Keep your eyes clean! Bacteria can easily cause painful and damaging infections in your
eyes. Be very careful putting on and removing makeup, inserting contacts, and keep
tissues used for sneezing away from your eyes.
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5.  Keep your blood pressure normal.Have it checked regularly. Use natural means to lower it
when possible, drugs when necessary.
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6.  Don't smoke. If you are around smokers, you are smoking.
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7.  Give your eyes a break! Look away from close work like sewing and computer screens
frequently. Blink often when doing close work to keep your eyes moist.
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8.  Do “eye yoga.” Blink slowly, look gently as far as you can left, right, up, down, and at your
nose.
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9.  Wear sunglasses during high ultraviolet light times of the day; mornings and afternoons.
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10. Make sure you have your half-hour eye checkup every year at your optometrist. Children
should be checked before school starts for near -and farsightedness, astigmatism,
Amblyopia (lazy eye) and general eye health. Adults should be checked for near and
farsightedness, glaucoma, cataracts, and other issues with aging eyes.