Pinkeye During Pregnancy – What to Do?
Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is common in young children and people who are in frequent contact with them — including their mothers pregnant with their siblings! It often crops up wherever young people are in tight quarters like college and military dormitories, schools, and if online reviews are true, certain restaurant chains that cater to […]
Pain Behind Eyes – Causes and Treatment
Headaches are bad enough, but pain behind the eyes is a special kind of torment. Eye pain is mysterious and frightening because it shouldn’t happen that often, and when it does, it threatens vision, the sense we rely upon most. Here are some common reasons you may be experiencing pain behind one of both eyes. […]
How to Prevent Vision Loss
Each year, 50,000 Americans go blind; nearly half from eye diseases that are treatable or preventable. The number of Americans who are blind or visually impaired is expected to double by 2050, according to the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research. Most of it will be driven by an aging population and the growing […]
What Can Cause Eye Irritation?
Common and irritating health problems can be difficult to deal with and annoying to fix. A sore throat, runny nose, plugged up ears, and eye irritations can all put a damper on your daily life. While almost always these common but persistent ailments are not severe, they do, however, make us take your normal health […]
Diabetic Macular Edema Symptoms and Treatment
More than 30 million adults in the United States are living with diabetes, that’s nearly 10% of the population. Individuals with diabetes are unable to produce or use insulin, which is a hormone that allows the body to turn sugars into energy. The most common thought associated with diabetes is high blood sugar, however, diabetes […]
4 Yoga Exercises for Eye Health
Somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago (depends on who you ask), the very first techniques for yoga were developed. Over the centuries, the techniques have evolved and new branches have developed to increase the benefits of yoga. Today, yoga studios can be found on street corners, malls, airports, gyms, and many others because the […]
Are Videos Games Bad for Your Vision?
Board games are a dying relic of our culture. The “gaming” industry today is dominated by video games, smartphone apps and virtual reality simulations that allow gamers to immerse themselves into worlds that defy physics and normal imagination. The advancements in the industry are arriving at such an alarming pace; new technologies seem to be […]
What Causes High eye Pressure and How to Reduce it
It is important to pay attention to the symptoms and causes of illnesses and disabilities directly involving our eyes, such as glaucoma or high eye pressure. In the same likeness of keeping a balanced blood pressure for good health, it is also important to have a healthy amount of eye pressure. Is High Eye Pressure […]
5 Eye Exercises for Astigmatism
Astigmatism is a disorder of the eyes where the focus or focal plane changes while still attached to the surface of a lens or cornea. A person who is suffering from astigmatism will experience blurring, problems with perception and difficulty experience with image distortion. For those who have astigmatism, other conditions like farsightedness and shortsightedness […]
How Often Should You Look Away from the Computer?
Our eyes are one of the most important muscles in our bodies that we ultimately take for granted. With all the screen time we subject ourselves to with our phones, TVs, tablets and computers, we rarely give our eyes time to relax. Because of these devices, there has been a rise in people suffering from […]
