BCGI Health Tips and Advice

I know it is March, but can we make a resolution that we plan to keep for the rest of this year?

Good, our new resolution will be to start seeing our eyes as supremely important in our lives. Along with this we will begin to take care of our eyes in the same way we take care of other important body parts.

Just because other people are not doing it , does not mean that you should not do it and that we should not do it. You should in fact be exercising every single part of your body, from the top of your head, right down to your toes.

Your eyes are like the flashlight in the dark or lamp in the dark, without them you will be only in the dark. And with them functioning only half as well as they could you are at a sure disadvantage in this world.

This article is written to show you just how precious your eyes are.

Written to show you how special and valuable your eyes are. Now what do we do with things that are valuable? We cherish and take care of all the things in our life which are valuable.

It is quite common for people to take for granted the things that they have, thinking that nothing can take such things away from them. However, experience will tell you that anything in the world can disappear in just a blink of an eye. The same is true for the faculties and senses that you have been blessed with. Your sense of smell, hearing, taste or sight can actually be impaired or lost if you do not take care of them properly.

One of the most taken for granted part of the body is actually the eye. Nowadays, people are more concerned about losing weight, plumping their lips, increasing their breast size, or filling their butts rather than thinking of ways to care for their precious eyes. According to a research aimed at preventing eye diseases, the number of Americans, 40 years old and above, who will be visually impaired or blind in 2020 will increase to 5.5 million from 3.4 million today; and that’s despite the technological advancements in the field of medicine and ophthalmology.

Although it is normal to experience age-related vision problems, you can actually prevent many degenerative eye diseases. Here are some important things you can do to ensure the health of your eyes:

Think about living your life without the ability to see things around you. And surely, you would find it to be boring and dark, if not downright difficult.  Because of this, the eyes may well be considered as the most important organ of the body. Through these orbs, you get to experience life as opposed to merely breathing to exist.

But as more and more people are getting trapped in the comforts of today’s technological advancements, it is easy for someone to forget how to properly care for the eyes. As you continue to stare at your computer screen or 100-plus inches of LCD television, it is a good bet that your eyes are slowly losing moisture, which will eventually damage your eyesight.

On top of that, all the pollution in the environment can also bring about problems in your eyes. From ordinary dust and smoke to the very sunlight that brightens the day, your eyes may be subjected to a lot of hazards everyday. So, it is imperative that you take extra measures to protect your eyes. And here’s how you can do it:

Ease Stress Off Your Eyes

Many people believe that to choose the contact lens with high water cut will be better if eyes always feel dry. Actually, this opinion is totally wrong. According to the professtional peraon, the eyes will feel drier if wear the contact lens with high-water-cut.

It is safer to consult doctor before buying contact lens.

High water contact lenses have increased oxygen transmissibility, therefore, people could feel more comfortable after wearing them. But the higher water content contact leanses, the stronger water absorption. If the user with less tears did not supply water to the contact lens timely, they will absorb more tears on the surface of eyes to maintain moisture and eyes’ dry symptoms will be more serious.

Lots of people used to buy contact lenses directly to the optical, but most contact lenses on the market are stressed the “high water content, high oxygen permeability”. Most consumers are difficult to make right purchase base on the marks, and general optometrists in the opticals may be able to match a suitful degree, but they may be difficult to detect if the consumers eyes are more special. So to find the doctor is very important.

The days of daily removal and cleaning of an artificial eye are gone. Most ocularists and ophthalmologists now agree that if the ocular prosthesis is not causing irritation to the eye socket, it should be left alone. It may however require occasional lubrication depending on the function of the tear ducts or other natural lubricants of the eye socket. In fact, it is now believed that handling the ocular prosthesis can increase the chance of infection in the eye socket and it should only be handled when necessary. However, the area surrounding the eye socket such as the eye lid and eye lashes should be cleaned daily in order to remove buildup of the eye’s natural secretions. When cleaning this area, it is important to remember to only rub from the outside of the eye towards the nose as not to displace the prosthesis.

Eye care for golfers

Golfers spend a lot of time outdoors. Special attention is therefore needed to protect their eyes from an extended exposure to the sun and the wind.

Wind and the dirt and debris carried by it may cause irritation of the eye. What is worse is the prolonged exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiations are known to cause cataracts and pterygium at 300 to 380 nanometers. Protection from UV radiation up to 400 nanometers is recommended for complete blockage of ultraviolet light. Most sunglasses do not cover this range.

The actual amount of UV rays reaching a golfer’s eye is increased by the reflections from the earth’s surface and presence of clouds and haze. However, dark clouds may actually reduce the amount of radiation. UV protection is almost 17 times as much more necessary in the winter and spring as it is in the summer. It is almost 10 times more necessary at noon than during other hours of the day. As we go higher, the radiation is also increased to the extent of 16% for every 1000 meters above sea level.

Eye-wear manufacturers are always manufacturing the quality products as per the demand of the people. There are all kinds of demands from the people and it is the task of the eyewear manufacturer to manufacture all kinds of eyewear to suit the needs of all class of society.

There are limited numbers of branded eyewear manufacturers which are manufacturing quality products. These products sell through branded stores and Eye-wear centers as the clientele prefers to buy these products from reliable places only.

The need for eyewear has increased drastically. People are getting more and more aware about their eyewear and take care of their eyes. This has led to increase in this business manifold. Also people want to get the right and quality product for them to preserve their valuable possession.

Eyewear manufacturers are contacting the eye care centers to get bulk orders directly from them and enhance their business opportunities. In the process, they exclude the eyewear suppliers and pass the relevant margins to the centers. The centers can in turn pass-on the benefits to their esteemed customers and make them their permanent customers in future.

Having healthy eyes is the foundation of healthy life, but modern lifestyle and habits are undermining your vision. Here are some very easy-to-do tips for you. A little more attention to your own eye care and eyewear can greatly benefit you in the years to come.

Never use expired eye make-up

Never use old make-up on your eyes, share eye make-up or use old wands in new products as these increase the risk of infection. We have had patients suffering with eye infections from applying out-of-date eyeliner and make-up, so give your make-up bag an overhaul and throw out old mascara and eye liner after six months.

Don’t stare at your computer screen too long

Try to take a break from staring at your computer screen: it’s important to give your eyes a break to prevent headaches, blurry vision and dry eye. Also, try to keep your monitor dust and fingerprint free as both can reduce clarity and cause eye strain.

Sit 50-60 cm away from your screen

Make sure you sit about 50-60 cm away from your computer screen and that there is no light reflecting off the monitor.

Take a break

If you’ve always wanted to change your eye color, color contact lenses can provide baby blues, gorgeous greens, heavenly hazels — even various patterns and designs. Contact lens sales are regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the FTC (Federal Trade Commission.) In the U.S. contact lens marketplace, 82 percent wear soft lenses, 16 percent wear rigid gas-permeable and only 2 percent wear hard.

You’ll want to take simple precautions to make any lens purchase safe and effective. With a contact lens prescription in hand, it’s possible to buy your contact lenses from stores, the Internet, over the phone, or by mail.

If you live an active lifestyle, NIGHT & DAY breathable lenses will allow you 30 hours of continuous wear. Disposable lenses don’t come with instructions for cleaning and disinfecting, while those labeled specifically for planned replacement do. Contact lenses are often more complex than they appear to be.

Although easier to handle and less likely to tear, rigid gas permeable lenses are not as comfortable initially as soft contacts and it may take a few weeks to get used to wearing the RGPs, compared to just a few days for soft contacts. You can mark rigid lenses to show which lens is for which eye; they don’t rip or tear, so they’re easy to handle. There are several types of lenses including: soft contact lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses, extended wear lenses and disposables.

Eye care is a great and tough task; however, if everybody could do the following six steps, it will become easy.

1. Do rest in time.
When you have looked things for about one hour, you need to take off your prescription glasses to have a five-minute break. If the conditions are limited, a break should be taken after at most two hours. The ways of taking a break include looking into the distance, closing the eyes, and walking around at will. The eyes should get suitable rest. Eye tiredness which lasts too long will lead to the damage of the eyes.

2. Do have fitting light.
When you are reading and writing, when you are at work or at home, you should not turn on too strong light that will stimulate the visual cells excessively and result in eye tiredness. Nevertheless, the environment should not be too dim, or you will feel hard to tell things apart and get tired easily. The strength of light should be moderate to see objects with difficulty. In addition to that, the light ought to be neither mixed nor disorderly. The temperature of light has to be close to the natural light (4000K to 8000K).