2016
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4 Things You May Not Have Known About Your Contact Lens Solution
Here are a few things that you may not have known about your contact lens solution as a contact wearer that could help you take care of and protect your eyes. Saline Solution Is Not Designed For Disinfection Purposes If you use saline solution when you put your contact lenses in, make sure you know exactly what your saline solution is designed for. Saline solution is designed to flush your eyes and provide them with a little bit of moisture.
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Developing Cataracts At A Young Age? What Are Your Best Treatment Options?
If you're in your thirties or forties and have begun to notice some blurring or dimming of your vision, you may have made an appointment with your optometrist under the assumption that your contacts or glasses prescription needs to be adjusted -- only to receive the sobering news that you've developed cataracts in one or both eyes. What may have caused this issue, and what are your best treatment options to preserve your vision for decades to come?
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Understanding How Your Age-Related Macular Degeneration Affects Your Vision And The Available Treatments
You've begun seeing shadows across your vision. The ophthalmologist says you have early signs of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. There is no cure for this eye disease, but with early detection and treatment, the progression of vision loss can be slowed down. Here is how AMD affects your vision and the various forms of treatment available to keep it from robbing you of your eyesight. Two Forms of AMD
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Have A Minor Vision Concern? What To Know
If you are having a problem reading and you think that reading or driving glasses could be a necessity, it's time to get your eyes examined by a professional. Not only can it be dangerous if you can't read properly, but your vision can worsen if you are straining. If the idea of wearing glasses seems like an annoyance or you worry about how you'll look, there are a few things you'll want to consider.
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4 Important Reasons To Have Your Eyes Examined
Whether you have difficulty seeing or you have perfect vision, it is in your best interest to receive a year eye exam. Once every two years, you should have an eye exam due to the fact that an ophthalmologist can easily diagnose any issues that you may have, determine whether or not you need glasses, or determine if any previously existing issues have exacerbated since your last eye exam. There is a veritable laundry list of reasons you should have your eyes examined.
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Tips for Adjusting to Your New Progressive Lenses
When you find yourself making the transition from traditional eyeglass lenses to progressive lenses, the first few days (or weeks) can be a bit challenging. It takes some practice to determine exactly where to look through your lenses for the clearest view of things at differing distances, and feeling some distortion in your vision is perfectly normal in the initial stages. With a little bit of patience and some work on adapting to the focal ranges, viewing things through your progressive lenses will become second nature.
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