The Eye Health

The Eye Nutrition

Carrots are good for the eyes. It is the same as spinach, broccoli, peppers and oranges, to name only these foods. A balanced diet low in saturated fat and including many fruits and vegetables, fish and nuts, is not only good for overall health, it can also help save your vision.

The Vitamin Role

Recently, the antioxidant vitamins A, C and E have attracted immense attention. Vitamin A or beta-carotene, is found in abundance in these cores that mom was trying to make you eat and it plays an important role in eye health as well as levels of bone growth, reproduction and regulation of the immune system. In fact, vision loss is an early symptom of vitamin A. It usually results from malnutrition and is the leading cause of blindness in children in developing countries.

The Eye Problems

1. What is Presbyopia?

Presbyopia is the loss of elasticity of the lens, resulting in an inability to distinguish the images seen up close. Adults normally start to see scrambled to close early forties. Nobody escapes, presbyopia affects everyone with age, even people who had never had vision problems.


Symptoms and treatment

Some of the signs and symptoms of presbyopia include: a tendency to read at arm's length, blurred vision at normal reading distance and eye fatigue along with headaches when working close. Presbyopes can correct this deficiency by wearing glasses or contact lenses or surgery.

2. What is Myopia?

Myopia is a vision problem that affects about one third of the population. The myopia have difficulty seeing and reading from afar, but have no problem near vision.


Symptoms and treatment

Myopes frequently suffer from headaches and eyestrain, squinting and make feel tired while driving or playing certain sports.

It can correct nearsightedness with glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery. Depending on the severity of the problem, he may need glasses or contact lenses at all times or only when distance vision is used as in driving and watching a movie or a painting. Prescribing a short-sighted is determined by a negative number.

What is Hyperopia?

Hyperopia is a common vision problem affecting about one quarter of the population. People with hyperopia can see distant objects very easily but have difficulty seeing near objects.


Symptoms and treatment

The hyperopia during headaches and eyestrain. They can also do feel tired and squinting when performing work at close range. This problem can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. The prescription of hyperopic is determined by a positive number. It is likely that the wearing of glasses or contact lenses is required at all times or only for reading, computer work or conduct any other activity closely.

What is Astigmatism?

Astigmatism is caused by a defect in the curvature of the cornea and / or lens that ensures that the images are blurred or distorted at all distances. Astigmatism can accompany myopia or hyperopia.


Symptoms and treatment

If not corrected, astigmatism can cause headaches, eye strain, confusing and distorted vision at all distances. Most levels of astigmatism can be corrected with glasses properly fitted with appropriate prescribing.