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Don’t Forget to Drink Water!
We already know drinking water is essential to remain healthy. Being well hydrated can affect our eye health too, for our eyes to stay healthy and comfortable they would need to be well hydrated with a good balance of tear film. Our eyes’ tear film has 3 different components which are a watery layer, oily…
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Add These Foods to Your Meals
There are many foods that could help with your vision. For example: Raw red peppers: Brightly colored peppers pack eye-friendly vitamins A and E. They also give the most vitamin C per calorie which is good for the blood vessels in your eyes and it could also lower your risk of getting cataracts. Sunflower seeds…
Read More Eyesight Changes During Pregnancy
A woman’s body already goes through some big changes. Eyesight is one, it is affected by changes to metabolism, hormones, fluid retention, and the cardiovascular system. Blurry vision could be caused during pregnancy because fluid retention in the eyes can increase pressure in the eyeball, resulting in a thicker cornea. Some other changes other than…
Read More Why Are People With Light Colored Eyes More Sensitive to Light?
The answer is they have less melanin than brown eyes do. The melanin helps protect the retina from UV damage and blue light, blue eyes are at higher risk of developing UV-related eye damage. Light eyes such as blue, green or gray are more sensitive to sunlight. Even though light colored eyes are more sensitive…
Read More Blood Clot In The Eye
Blood clot in the eye might freak you out a bit, but it is rarely a medical issue. Just by a strong sneeze or cough, a blood vessel in the eye can burst or even increased blood pressure may also cause these blood spots to appear on the eye. It causes conjunctiva when a tiny…
Read More Dilated Pupils
Dilated pupils are the area in the center of the black part of the eyes, that is known as the pupil. It gets bigger if your pupils are dilated. Each eye’s pupil is the same size, the size of your pupils can alter how much light enters your eye. This means that the iris, which…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
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Georgetown, TX 78628
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Leander, TX 78641
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