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