Healthy Eyes Are Important Throughout Our Lives
By Troy Bedinghaus, O.D., About.com Guide to Vision
Keeping our eyes healthy is important throughout our lives. Learn how to protect your vision, prevent and treat eye diseases, and prevent eye injuries. Find out all about the different eye care professionals. Along with eye examinations, there are many things you can do to keep your eyes healthy.
Eye Problems
The eyes are vulnerable to viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. Learn about these and other treatable problems, including dry eye syndrome and computer vision.
- Ask the Eye Doctor
- Common Eye Problems
- Living With Astigmatism
- Eye Twitching
- Spots and Floaters
- Styes
- Pink Eye
- Blepharitis
- Uveitis
- Eye Herpes
- Dry Eye Syndrome
- Computer Vision Syndrome
- Retinal Detachment
- Droopy Eyelids - Ptosis
- Are You Color Blind?
- Ophthalmic "Eye" Migraine
- Optic Neuritis
- Sarcoidosis and the Eyes
- Sleep Apnea and Eye Disease
- Proptosis
Protecting Your Vision
Having good eyesight greatly improves quality of life. Learn ways to protect your vison and keep your eyes healthy.
- Habits for Good Eyesight
- Good Foods for Better Vision
- Top Reasons to Have an Eye Exam
- Can Computers Harm Your Eyes?
- How Can I Afford an Eye Exam?
- What Is GDx?
- Dilation-free Eye Exam
- Ways to Protect Eyes from the Sun
- Sunglass Shopping
- Tips for Buying Sunglasses
- Sunglass Tints: Does Color Matter?
- Prescription Sunglasses
- Photochromic Lenses
- Polarized Sunglasses
- UV Eye Safety
- Get Your Toddler to Wear Sunglasses
- Traveling Tips for Eye Safety
- Eye Emergencies While on Vacation
Eye Diseases
Many eye diseases have no symptoms. Regular comprehensive eye examinations are important for early detection and treatment of eye disease.
Eye Injuries
If you injur your eye, don't try to judge the severity of the injury. A visit to the eye doctor will lessen your anxiety as well as the risk of hurting your vision.
