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Red Eyes After Swimming
After being in the pool for a while, your eyes could look red and irriating. Many will say it’s the high chlorine concentration, but red irritated eyes are caused by sweat and urine in the water according to the CDC. In order to remove bacteria, swimming pools are cleaned with chlorine. If you wear contacts…
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Your Heart & Eyes
It’s amazing how the eyes can tell emotions and illnesses. Looking into the inner parts of your eyes may be able to identify other abnormalities that indicate diseases of the heart and of the blood vessels. Narrowing blood vessels, swelling, microaneurysms, and leaking of fluid from blood vessels may indicate complications from diabetes and high…
Read More Do Not Sleep With Contacts!
Many of us wear contacts and accidentally fall asleep with them in. That could be very dangerous for your eyes, could develop infections and possible vision loss. In order for your eyes to remain healthy and appear white your eyes require oxygen. You may also scratch the lining of your eyelid and get dry eyes,…
Read More Reflex Tears vs Emotional Tears
Basal tears are present all the time in healthy eyes, they come in two different types, reflex and emotional tears. Both of those types of tears are actually good for us. Reflex tears are the same as basal tears, but when our eyes get irritated, basal tear production goes into overdrive in the effort to…
Read More Don’t Forget To Blink!
Many of us spend a lot of time in front of screens, especially in this modern time. Either working hard or hardly working, our eyes work harder to view these screens, putting us at risk of developing Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) which is also known as digital eye strain. People who spend 2+ hours every…
Read More Protecting Your Child’s Vision
Do you see your child squinting or rubbing their eyes? If so, that may be a sign to get their eyes checked. Some other signs may be holding objects too close to their face, often covering one eye, being a bit clumsy, and struggling in school. All of those are signs of taking your child…
Read More Maintaining Your Eye Health
You may think that since you can see well and your eyes are not bothering you, it’s still important to get your eyes checked on a regular basis to prevent problems from occurring. There are lots of silent eye conditions or don’t have any warning signs until your vision is lost. A few tips to…
Read More Your Eyes & Diabetes
Diabetes does affect your eyes and you should be making regular eye doctor visits when you have diabetes. Blurry vision, cataracts, glaucoma, and retinopathy are problems that can occur with high blood sugar. Diabetic eye problems usually don’t have any symptoms in the early stages. Even if you think your eyes are healthy, it is…
Read More Wash Your Hands!
While Covid-19 continues to evolve, wash your hands frequently. Covid-19 can enter the body through your eyes, if someone sneezes or coughs virus particles are in the air. It’s also possible to touch a surface, such as a door handle, that is contaminated with the virus and then touching your eye may become infected. Touching…
Read More Color Blindness
There are an estimated 300 million people in the world with color vision deficiency. A fairly common condition in which you don’t see colors the traditional way. When cones (a type of nerve cell in your retina) aren’t working correctly. In order to perceive color, cones process light and images as they enter your eye…
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