Five Facts Everyone should know about Eye Care

An eye is the most beautiful organ of human face and so it is quite necessary to sustain the beauty of an eye lifelong. Well, it is not that difficult to take care of an eye, healthier eating is the foremost step in vision care. Apart from this for natural eyesight improvement, you could probably wear sunglasses while going out in sun or follow some eye exercises to improve eyesight. During some point of time in your life, you would have probably heard from someone or your mom that don’t do this or don’t do that, this would hurt you or getting in sun would damage your eyes, stop sitting in front of computer screen for hours. But how many of you know that what exactly is good or bad for your eyes? Let us have a look at some eye care myths and facts.

·        Reading in dim light is harmful for eyes

Fact- Reading in dim light is not always harmful for the eyes. The fact is using eyes in dim light does not always cause damage to us. Since centuries, all night time reading and sewing used to be done by candlelight or by gas and kerosene lamps. A good lightening always makes reading books easier and prevents eye fatigue.

·        Computers damage our eyes

Fact- The fact is using computers or video display terminals (VDT) not always cause damage to eyes. Sometimes when we use VDT for a little longer period of time while doing some other work, our eye blink less often than normal. Because of this reduced rate of blinking eye becomes dry and this causes feeling of eye strain or fatigue. Always give a slight break in between work and look here and there at other objects. This will relax your eyes and soothes headache or eye strain.

·        Wrong eyeglasses damage eyes

Fact- Eyeglasses are the devices which are used to sharpen our vision. However wearing correct eyeglasses or contact lenses helps to see things clearly and not wearing eyeglasses or lens may not even cause physical damage to the eyes. It is recommended for children who are less than eight years old to wear their own prescription which would prevent the risks of developing amblyopia or lazy eye.

·        Watching television closely can damage eyes

Fact- Children could often found to be holding reading material really close to their eyes or they sit right in front of the television screen. There has not been any evidence that this may cause harm to the eyes.

·        Cataract can be removed with lasers

Fact- It is a myth that cataract can be removed with lasers, instead the cloudy lens require surgical incision. After surgery, the membrane in eye become cloudy and it can be opened with a laser surgery.

·        Lens prevent nearsightedness from getting worse

Fact- There is myth among people that using contact lens may permanently correct nearsightedness so that an eye won’t require contacts. But there is no evidence that contact lens produce permanent improvement in eye vision.

Not only these but there are lot many myths which have not been proved yet and people consider them as a fact of the life.