Taking care of your vision also depends on small daily habits. Creating eye health routines such as regulating screen use, protecting yourself from the sun or going for regular check-ups can do a lot for your eyes.
Throughout our long career, we have learned how to take care of our eyesight. So, here are some tips to help you protect your eyes.
Outdoors
We all love a nice sunny day, but did you know that prolonged exposure to its radiation can damage our eyesight? To protect ourselves, it is best to wear sunglasses every day, even on cloudy days, avoid exposure to sunlight during times of high radiation and, of course, not look directly at the sun.
Driving
For optimal driving, we recommend using polarised lenses with anti-reflective treatment. If you are going to drive at night, there are also special filters that provide more light.
Age and visual health
Age is noticeable in everything, and of course, vision is no exception. As you get older, it becomes more important to go for regular check-ups, monitor your exposure to the sun and screens, and ensure there is sufficient light around you to avoid straining your eyes.
Study
When studying, keep a minimum distance of 30 or 40 cm between the book and your eyes. It is important to use general lighting for the environment and another specific lighting to illuminate the book or notes. It is also advisable to take a break every half hour by looking at a point that is far away to reduce eye fatigue.
Children
When children are young, they may not know that they have a vision problem. There are details that can help us detect them, such as a lack of attention in class. They may not see the blackboard well and that is why they are distracted. However, the best way to detect and solve these issues is to go for regular check-ups with a specialist.
Television
Limiting screen use is vital for preventing vision problems. But when we do use them, we can also do many things to avoid damage: positioning ourselves two or three metres away from the screen, avoiding staring at it or using ambient lighting to reduce eye strain.
Computer
Computer use has become a constant part of our lives. We use them for work, but also for leisure. As with television, reducing their use helps prevent many vision problems. When using them, you can follow the same advice as when using a television: take regular breaks, ensure sufficient lighting and avoid staring at the screen.
Detecting the problem is the first step in solving it.
Visual acuity is key to detecting vision problems. We can use a test to measure the eye’s ability to detect shapes at a certain distance. This test can tell us if someone has optimal vision or needs some kind of correction.
This is a visual defect that occurs when the cornea does not have the same curvature throughout its entire area, preventing the image from forming correctly. This is when blurred and distorted vision appears. It can be corrected in different ways.
This is a pathology that causes progressive damage to the optic nerve. Its incidence increases with age, which is why it is important to measure blood pressure preventively from the age of 40.
Hyperopia is when the eye does not focus light correctly. Instead of focusing on the retina, it focuses behind it. As a result, the image is blurred, and visual acuity is lost. This can be solved by using corrective lenses.
In this case, the image is formed in front of the retina instead of on it, as in a normal eye. Because of this, distant objects appear blurred in our vision. Like other eye problems, myopia can be corrected using ophthalmic lenses.
Commonly called “tired vision”, presbyopia is a vision disorder caused by changes in the human eye’s accommodative power caused by age. It affects close vision, and its symptoms begin to appear from the age of 40, progressing and worsening until approximately the age of 60. Progressive lenses or reading glasses provide a solution to this visual need.
This is the ability of the visual system to distinguish between an object and the background on which it is located. It is another indicator that allows us to detect when there is a vision problem.
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