Eye problems

Good Vision with Some Exercise and Proper Eating

With very little effort and more information you can keep your youthful edge vision to adulthood. Like any other organ in the human body and the eyes need a variety of substances. So first you should pay attention to nutrition. Vitamins A, C, E, minerals zinc and copper are essential for vision. Antioxidants protect the macula from the damaging effects of the sun. They can be obtained from green leafy vegetables, egg yolk, yellow peppers, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and carrots. Research shows that eating vegetables with yellow and green color protects against development of age-related macular degeneration, which is a major cause of vision loss. Foods such as garlic, onions, and capers, rich in sulfur, cysteine and lecithin protect ocular lenses of the formation of cataracts (cataract). Containing anthocyanin berries and grapes protect against inflammation and improving vision. Omega-3 fatty acids maintain the structure of cell membranes and improve the [...]

Read more...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?
Posted by mary.j - November 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Categories: Eye problems   Tags: , , ,

When Your Children Have Eye Problems

Eyes of the children are very sensitive and we should take good care of them. There are a number of eye diseases in childhood that are highly characteristic. Care of children vision is subject to child ophthalmology. This is necessitated by the fact that children do not complain of decreased vision, not monitor them and are not self-reflective. Communication with them is more specific, more difficult, more prolonged. For their vision problems are of course only when they went to school and begin to complain of unseen written on the board, have bad handwriting, red eyes, especially at night, often blinking. One of the major complaints of children and parents is a frequent headache that occurs after strenuous visual loads. Small eyes are more easily tired, not paying attention to their original vision, not made mandatory screening before school. When a problem is detected later, treatment is more difficult. One [...]

Read more...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?
Posted by mary.j - November 3, 2011 at 10:24 am

Categories: Eye problems   Tags: , ,

Cataract

Cataract is a name of a clouding that envelops the eye. It may be slight or it may become complete by obstructing the passage of light. The progress of cataract is slow but eventually, if left untreated, it may cause loss of vision. Cataract may form in any of the lens’ three layers (the capsule, the cortex and the nucleus). Usually, cataract affects both eyes even though the one is affected earlier than the other. More than one type of cataract can develop in the eye. Cataract which develops in the area of the lens capsule is often considered to be a consequence of diabetes, prolonged use of corticosteroids or trauma. Cataract which forms in the cortex or in the nucleus is often due to the person’s age. One can develop cataract of the cortex because of overexposure to UV rays of the sun. There are three stages of cataract: [...]

Read more...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?
Posted by tanya - June 4, 2011 at 10:22 am

Categories: Eye problems   Tags: , , , , ,

Next Page »