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