A Healthy You = A Healthy Eyesight

Basic hygiene is the key towards a healthy eyesight. Never share another person's towel, handkerchief, soap etc. as this can lead to passage of germs that can cause eye infection.

 

Eye Care Tip for Contact Lens wearers

Sleeping while putting your ‪Contact Lenses‬ on, is a big no-no. Doing this can block the flow of oxygen to the eyes. Our ‪‎eyes‬ need oxygen and when this supply gets restricted, the tissues present in the eyes swells, causing ‪blurred vision‬. This can can also lead to problems like ‪acute red eyes‬, corneal neovascularization, corneal microcysts and in extreme cases, corneal ulcers.

Exercise for healthy Eyes

We all are aware that exercising is very important to keep our body fit and healthy, and the same applies to our eyes as well. Exercising for as little as 30 minutes can decrease your eye pressure by at least 20 percent!

Precautions for contact lens wearers

Simple precaution for those who wear contact lenses is that they should not wear them at a stretch for more than 19 hours. This is required as wearing it any longer can cause acute discomfort in your eyes as well as may cause damage to sight.

Eye examination of school going kids is very important

Parents should ensure annual eye examination of their school going child. This can help in detecting any eye problem which a child is likely to suffer from.

Blink your eyes to keep them healthy and stress free

A great remedy to de-stress your ‪eyes‬ from the strain while working on your ‪computers‬ and ‪laptops‬ is to ‪‎blink‬! Blinking eyes softly is a very good ‪eye exercise‬. Each blink helps keeping eyes healthy by bringing ‪‎nutrients‬ to the surface of the eye.

Does India lack in healthcare facility as compared to West?

We keep saying that Western/Americans have better healthcare facilities. This is not true, they may have better infrastructure, but in terms of software(skill of the Doctors) we are par or even shade above.Where the major difference lies is in attitude of the patient and their families.Here when we see somebody suffering and tell the patient that surgery should be done,the first reaction is I am not going for it.There is such a fear against surgeries ,whether right or wrong-nobody has the right answer.People are willing to suffer endlessly but will not go for surgery.In sharp contrast is advanced country,they are going for preventive surgeries.Recently in a much publicised case, a Hollywood actress went for one such preventive surgery .Infact this trend is catching on there and if we compare the situation in India,even if is given the only treatment for the problem is surgery,still people are not open.