High blood pressure can be a serious health concern for a number of reasons, including how it can affect your eyes. But low blood pressure can also be a cause for concern.
Untreated high blood pressure can affect your eyesight in a number of ways. The elevated pressure can damage the blood vessels in the retina, the area at the back of the eye where images focus, which is essential to your vision. [Read more…]
This infographic drives home the point that we as parent need to take our children’s eye health seriously. Vision is a vital component for learning. How many children are struggling with their classwork due to the inability to see the blackboard clearly when new concepts are demonstrated? is right around the corner, so let’s start scheduling appointments today to help our children succeed during the 2017-2018 school year (and beyond).
Fashion isn’t the only criteria that you need to consider when choosing your eyewear. There are a variety of choices such as corrective lenses, sunglasses and protective eyewear. Let’s take a look at the reasons behind choosing the last two eyewear choices. [Read more…]
Eating a nutritious diet, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking can lower your risk of eye disease.
Foods that boost eye health include dark green leafy greens, cold water fish and citrus fruits. A study recently published in the journal Ophthalmology showed that a diet rich in vitamin C can cut the risk of cataract progression by nearly a third.[i] [Read more…]
Our eyes get no respect from their owners, which is a shame since they are one of our hardest working organs. We use our eyes for everything that we do — reading, working, driving — but we only think to go to the ophthalmologist or optometrist office when we have a problem. Let’s face it — maintaining healthy vision is usually low on people’s priority list. Instead of waiting for a problem to arise, however, we need to be proactive about protecting our gift of sight. [Read more…]
