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Your Ocular Health Matters

Author:- Viewpoint Specialist Eye Centres

Wednesday 9th of December 2020 06:35:04 PM

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Your Ocular Health Matters


What does good ocular health mean? First “ocular refers to the eye and its related organ system. It signifies that at least you have a 20/20 vision with an eye that is free of any related disease.

The eye plays a very crucial role in our everyday life activity ranging from mobility, coordination, and the likes, therefore it is highly important that a good ocular condition is maintained.

Basically, the human eye is responsible for capturing light, and with all its different part working together, it is connected with neurons that transfer and interpret messages from the brain’s feedback as visual images.

Simple corrective and preventive measures can help to sustain a good healthy vision and you will enjoy lasting ocular health.


Regular check-ups

Taking a visit to your doctor for check-ups can expose any eye-related problems that you might have unknowingly to you.

Optometrists are trained to detect and make improvements on the eye’s visual acuity such that they recommend contact lenses, eyeglasses, and treat some eye diseases.

Ophthalmologists carry out examinations and correcting vision through diagnosis and treatment of eye disease. They perform these exercises through administering medication and performing surgery.

You ought to pay a visit to your optometrist or ophthalmologist for an eye examination at most once every year. 

Most importantly see your eye doctor if you observe eye infections or symptoms related to eye pain, swelling, blurry vision, irritation around the eye.


Observe disease prevention

 Blindness often results from diseases related to the eye. Diseases such as diabetes and glaucoma can be treated, or better still their effect can be managed to the barest minimum through proper diagnosis and best practices management.

Some eye disorders to date have no known cure, however, over the years, there have been recorded significant advances on eye related challenges such as cataracts, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.

While having your regular eye exams, discussions like your family health history would most likely come up. 

With such conversations, your eye doctor would be able to anticipate any possibilities of a potential eye related disease, proffer preventive measure.


Correct prescription lenses

 Failure to use your recommended eyeglasses may not lead to eye disorders, however, it results in great discomfort which leads to eye strain, eye fatigue, and headaches.

If wearing prescriptive lenses makes you rather uncomfortable, you may ask your eye doctor to provide you with available alternatives such as making a switch from your eyeglasses to contact lenses or by corrective surgery.


Protective eye gear

Using protective eye gears and wears during work and sporting activities is very important. 

Wearing safety eye wears and protective goggles during sporting activities or while working in high-risk related jobs lowers the chances of injury to the eye, damaged vision, and total vision loss.

 Active involvement in your eye health and working together with your optometrist and ophthalmologist doubles your chances of sustaining a good eyesight.

 

 


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We offer services in a highly professional and friendly environment, under the supervision of consultant ophthalmologists skilled in various subspecialties and empowered by the state of the art equipment.

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