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