Relax your Eyes for a while.To avoid burning sensation in your eyes

Often while working on laptops for extended hours burning sensation is felt in the eyes. The best way to avoid it is to wear anti-glare lenses while working. Another important thing is to take small breaks after every half an hour or so, in order to relax your eyes. During that break, you can perform some simple eye exercises like rolling eyes in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction or relax our eyes by keeping it closed for a while.

Keep your Eyes Irritation-free this season, with some easy tips

A very common ‪eye problem‬ observed these days is ‪Eye Irritation‬. One of the major reason behind this is dryness in the atmosphere. The dry air makes the eyes lose its ‪moisture‬ causing irritation in the ‪eyes‬. The best way out is to drink plenty of water to keep your body hydrated. Besides, while going out make sure that you wear ‪sunglasses‬.

Also, wash your eyes immediately after reaching home with water. This will help in retaining the lost moisture and make your eyes ‪relax‬. You can also put few slices of cucumber on your eyes in order to relax them.

Eye care during Holi

Traditionally, Holi colors were made of organic herbs and flowers. These fragrant natural colors had therapeutic value and were beneficial for your skin and health. But, with the advancement of time and high demand of colors, making and selling synthetic colors have become a business these days. These synthetic colors are high in chemicals and most of them are dyes, used for dyeing textiles. Not just for skin, these colors are a nightmare for your eyes. Considering all these factors we don’t wish to use these colors but we can’t even miss the festivity this occasion brings to us. So, it is really important to take care of our eyes while celebrating. The most basic way of protecting your eyes is to keep eyes shut when someone smears color over your face or pour colored water on you. Also, apply thick layers of cold cream around your eyes so that it can be easily removed without struggling or rubbing the area around the eye harshly.

What is Retinal Detachment?

Retinal Detachment is an eye disorder in which the retina is being peeled away from its underlying tissue. In the beginning, it may be a partial detachment, but if not treated immediately, then the entire retina might get detach which will ultimately cause blindness. This condition arises due to exceptionally thin or damaged retina where the fluid gets in and pushes the retina away from its supportive tissue. Generally, surgery is required to treat retinal detachment, but in minor cases, a simple procedure can be done at your doctor’s clinic (if detected early).

Exams cause stress to eyes

Exams are round the corner and long study hours become mandatory. A study suggests that high school students face more eye problems than juniors because of the decreased font size in the textbook. During exams, students take more stress and study late in insufficient light. Besides, many a times they place the book or study material at wrong eye level which affects their eye vision even more. During exam days also it is important to spend some times in the open air. It is good for the eyes and for the overall health.

Precautions to be followed by contact lens wearers

Never wear contact lenses while undergoing any medication for the eyes.

A healthy body makes for healthy eyes too!

Our eyes health depends largely upon our body's overall health. Having a good diet accompanied with regular exercise helps increasing body's blood circulation, which ultimately lowers down pressure in the eyes. Excessive pressure on the eyes is a major factor that contributes to Glaucoma, so exercising regularly can be extremely beneficial for your eyes.

Are you suffering from Colour Blindness? Watch out to know more anout it.

Colour blindness is inability to see and differentiate between certain colours. Everyone who faces colour blindness doesn’t have trouble in recognising same colours. Most people suffering from this problem cannot distinguish between reds and greens in dim light while some cannot separate between blues and yellows.  But there are some who experience a condition called monochromatism in which they only see black and white.

Causes of Colour Blindness:-

There are multiple causes of colour blindness. It is primarily caused by the genetic defect. The other causes are physical or chemical damage to the eye, the optic nerve, or parts of the brain, UV Rays also present a risk of causing color blindness; they are in fact the leading cause of normal eye blindness. It can also be caused by diabetes and likewise lifestyle health issues.

Symptoms of Colour Blindness:-

One and the only symptom of the colour blindness is the difficulty in distinguishing between colours, inability to see shades or tones of the same colour, rapid eye movement (in rare cases).