5 WAYS TO AVOID LOSS OF VISION

                                         

Eyes help us to see.  By taking care of our eyes we can avoid unnecessary hassles in our lives. Once in a year, consulting an ophthalmologist is the best way to ensure our vision is safe. It is an optimum measure to curtail unnecessary blindness.

1. Regular visits to eye hospitals become mandatory:

·       *   If parents are blood related: chances of eye problems gets high for the child. Have regular eye test from the younger age itself.

·      *   If you are above 40 years of age: it’s good to have checkup done annually. This helps to identify age related issues and changes in the eye.

·      *   If any of your family member has diabetics, hyper tension: then it becomes a must to visit the eye clinic periodically.

·       *  If you are more towards reading books, working on the laptop, spending more time before small screen : then need to consult the eye doctor for relaxing exercise and to avoid dryness of the eye becomes compulsory.

2.    If you are already on to wearing spectacles for reasons like myopia, hyper myopia or some other eye problems, wear the prescribed glasses regularly. Don’t avoid them. That may lead to serious loss of vision.

          With advancement in the eye care, lens and LASER treatment made life easy for  many to go without glasses. Try in consultation with the doctors. Even the spectacle with high power comes very thin in plastic and fiber with features like antiglare coating to  ease night driving.

       3. Use only the drops or tablets prescribed by the Doctor on time to save the existing vision and also to avoid irreversible damage. Don’t go for over the counter drugs. Keep up to the review date.  In between if you feel any changes in your vision, don’t wait till the review date, meet the Doctor and share your difficulties and get treated.

         4. If you have any family history of eye problems, please share it with the Doctor’s, which will aid them to save you from the trap with many precautions. Though some conditions may not be prevented, the doctors will try to postpone it.

     5. In case of injury to the eye, immediately rush to the eye Doctor. Don’t make delay. Injuries related to retina or cornea needs to be treated within some hours to save the vision. It is always best to get the treatment as quick as possible.