Eye injuries and diseases are very common. Protecting your eyes from these is an important investment to make that insures you maintain a high quality of life.

Protect Your Eyes from Injury

It’s important to get your eyes examined by qualified eye care specialists like those at the Elite Vision Center. In addition you should be proactive in protecting your eyes from injury. For example, did you know that most eye injuries happen around the home?

Identify potential eye hazards

To improve eye safety at work or at home identify hazards. Walk around your workplace to identify potential hazards. Review the company’s past records concerning eye injury to determine the relative safety of the work environment they provide. Get advice from both your optometrist and your employer concerning potential workplace eye hazards and determine the type of eye protection (if any) is needed.

Use protective eye wear when performing hazardous activities

Wear PPE or Personal Protective Equipment. If you’re working in an area that has particles, flying objects or dust, metal, glass, or other potentially dangerous objects you must wear safety glasses with side protection called side shields.

Wear goggles when exposed to chemicals. A large number of eye injuries is caused by contact with chemicals. Be aware of the type of goggles you select. For example, it’s important to consider specific lens, frame, and ventilation options when selecting safety goggles. You should also take precautions even if you’re just a bystander.

Protect Your Eyes from Diseases

If you haven’t been afflicted with eye problems you might not give much thought to your eyesight. However if you take even small preventive measures you dramatically improve the odds of not suffering eye diseases and vision problems later in life.

Eat the Right Food for your Eyes

Some experts believe that eating is the #1 way to guard against eye disease. Green leafy vegetables top the lists. Also vitamin-rich foods such as carrots and sweet potatoes can boost overall eye health.

Preventive care is important

Have your eyes examined every two years to reduce the risk of eye diseases such as glaucoma and cataract. If you’re over 40 and have a family history of health issues such as diabetes, eye inflammation, nearsightedness, coronary artery disease, or glaucoma, you should consider getting an eye examination at least once a year.

Exercise frequently

Some studies suggest having a regular exercise routine reduces the risk of eye diseases such as macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma and other related diseases.

Don’t Sleep with Your Contact Lens.

Individuals who regularly wear their contact lenses while sleeping are most likely to develop eye infections.  By removing contact lenses before sleeping, you reduce the chance of inflammation of your cornea.

While it’s true that following the steps above cannot guarantee perfect vision throughout your life having and using knowledge on how to protect your eyes from injury and diseases significantly decreases the risk of encountering eye problems in the future.

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