Eye Health Is 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.
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 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.
- When to Seek Emergency Eye Care
- Sports Eye Injuries
- Remove a Foreign Object
- Black Eye Treatment
- Blood in the Eye
Eye Diseases
Many eye diseases have no symptoms. Regular comprehensive eye examinations are important for early detection and treatment of eye disease.
- Glaucoma
- Does Glaucoma have Symptoms?
- Macular Degeneration
- Risk Factors for Macular Degeneration
- Living with Macular Degeneration
- Race and Risk of Macular Degeneration
- All About Diabetic Retinopathy
- Diabetes and Your Eyes
- Lower Your Risk for Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Cataracts
- Types of Cataracts
- Cataract Symptoms
- Cataract Diagnosis
- Cataract Treatment Options
- Cataract Surgery
- Ways to Delay Cataracts
- Retinoblastoma
- Behcet's Disease and Blindness
- Graves' Disease and the Eyes
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.
