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Fun Facts About Your Eyes
The three leading causes of blindness are diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age related macular degeneration in the US.
If the outer third of your eyebrows are falling out, see your doctor. You may have thyroid problems.
Always sunglasses to protect yourself from UV light even if it is not sunny.
If you let water get into your eyes while wearing contact lenses, you can have a serious infection. Be careful.
Your baby’s eye color is lighter at birth than at 6 months.
Glaucoma, an eye disease, can occur at any age, from birth to old age.
Most Caucasian babies have blue eyes at birth.
Artificial tears are helpful for your eyes when the air is hot and dry or extreme cold.
There are now treatments for age related macular degeneration that can return the patient to driving vision.
Washing your hands is important to fight eye infections.
Corona virus has been found in tears.
Upper eyelid cosmetic surgery is easier to perform and is safer than lower eyelid cosmetic surgery.
Wrinkles around the eyes are aggravated by sun damage.
African American babies have eyes that darken at 6 months.
If your eyelashes are falling out, and you are not taking any medications, see your doctor.
Age related macular degeneration occurs usually at age 55: don’t take the eye vitamins unless you have the diagnosis.
The dosage on the bottle may be too strong for you if you are normal.
The dosage on the bottle may be too strong for you if you are normal.
Babies cannot see color until age 6 months.
You can ruin the special coatings of your eyeglasses if you use alcohol or very strong detergent.
Do not share contact lenses.
In Europe, Asia and Australia, there are eyedrops for nearsightedness.
Colorblindness is on the X chromosome so men are more likely than
women to be colorblind.
Your tears provide antibodies to fight infection.
AIDS has been found in tears.
Certain parasites attack the eye: pork, lamb and beef parasites. So avoid poorly cooked pork, beef and lamb.
Nearsightedness is inherited.
Some people have one eye that is blue and the other eye that is green.
Each blink is 400 microseconds.
Sagging lower eyelids can be due to medication or aging.
Yellow tinted glasses are helpful at 5 pm and 7 am for sports or driving.
Rubbing your eyes is not considered good if you are very nearsighted
(myopic) or if you had eye surgery even LASIK.
The first inventor of eye surgery instruments was in ancient Persia.
Asian eyelids have an epicanthic fold, a slightly different anatomy than Caucasians.
You can have UV protection built in the front and back of your glasses, ask your optician.
Diabetic people can wear soft contact lenses but under the care of an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
In some major cities in China, there is an incidence of 90% of nearsightedness among the children.
If you see the color red as brighter in one eye than the other, see your eye MD.
Hepatitis virus has been found in tears.
Diabetes can affect your eyes at the same time it affects your kidneys.
If traveling abroad, do not wear your contact lens to swim or shower.
Thyroid disease can affect your eyes.
Jumping on a trampoline as an adult can lead to a retinal problem.
Polarized tinted glasses are helpful in the sun for sports.
20% of the population have an eye that is not quite round like a sphere, but more oval, this is called astigmatism.
At birth, babies only see black and white.
There are female hormone receptors for eyelash growth that are different from the men.
Smoking can cause fine wrinkles around the eyes.
Reading your phone all day without a break may give you a headache.
You can lose vision when climbing up a high mountain.
If you sleep overnight in your contact lenses, you can have some serious problems. Be careful.
In the embryo, the eye is formed from the same tissue as the brain.
Diabetes can affect the cornea, the outside part of the eye.
After cataract surgery, your eyesight is brighter, usually within one week of surgery.
After cancer treatments, the eyelashes usually grow back fully.
