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