Archive for January 15th, 2008

Eye care is just as important as working out in the gym, taking restful vacations or eating the correct kinds of food. Eye care is even more important for those people who experience symptoms of eye disease or difficulties...

Did you know... The most encouraging fact about your eyes is that the less effort you make to see, the better you can see. It is difficult for people with imperfect sight to believe that perfect sight requires no effort; indeed, any effort to improve the sight makes it worse.

What is Macular Degeneration? Age-related macular degeneration, which is also called AMD or ARMD, is a an eye disease that is the number one cause of blindness and vision loss for Americans over the age of 65. Taking into account the percentage of Americans in this age bracket has grown considerably in recent years, macular degeneration has become a very serious concern for many individuals afflicted with the disease and the loved ones who help care for them.

One of the more common side effects of LASIK eye surgery is undercorrection. This occurs when the excimer laser removes not enough of the excess tissue from your eye. Because of this, you may still have some of the refractive error left.

Lazy Eye, or Amblyopia, is the condition wherein vision is diminished in one or both eyes and is not to be mistaken for other eye conditions such as near or farsightedness and astigmatism. There are usually two categories for the amblyopia.

While the number one risk factor for macular degeneration is being 60 years of age or older, there are many other factors that can increase your chances of getting the disease. Some of the risk factors are related to lifestyle choices you can control, and some are related to genetics. Either way, educating yourself about all the risk factors is an important step in helping prevent or slow the disease.

Imagine life without spectacles and contact lenses. Imagine how comfortable it would be to play outdoor games without spectacles. How convenient it would be to watch TV without spectacles.

Are you familiar with the feeling of getting up in the morning and everything looks blurry? Not be able to tie your shoo, get dressed, or even find the sink to wash your face. The disappointment you feel when your glasses break, in the most important moment. Always ends your trip or some other fun activity. Entering a warm room on a cold day and wait 10 minutes for the fog to come off your glasses. Not to mention the pressure wounds on the bridge of your nose and at the back of your ears.

There are a lot of people who need to wear glasses or contact lenses if they want to see anything clearly. They wear them to help correct their vision problems thinking that that they will always need them to see the world. However, many people don't realize that there actually is an alternative, and it's growing quite rapidly in its use. They are putting their eyes in the care of mother nature with her offering of foods and herbs that show to improve eyesight.