Contents

Eyes and Eyesight

Copyright

Table Of Contents

1. Eyes In The Digital Age - Navigating Screen Time, Dryness, And Wrinkles

2. Contact Lenses Versus Glasses

3. Blindness These Days

4. Eye Allergies And Diseases

5. Eye Complications Of Diabetes

6. Dry Eyes And Contact Lenses

7. A Story Of Lasik Eye Surgery

8. Eye Care After Lasik Surgery

9. Cataract Removal Surgery

10. Eye Injuries In Adolescents

11. Vision Improvement

12. Natural Vision Improvement

13. What Is An Initial Lasik Eye Exam Like?

14. Wrinkle Cream For The Eyes

15. What Are Bags Under Your Eyes?

16. Modern Times And Blindness

17. Beyond 20/20 - Modern Solutions For Vision Enhancement

18. What Is Wavefront Technology In Lasik?

19. The Complications Of Diabetes

20. Navigating The Future Of Vision - Contact Lenses, Glasses, And Beyond

Eyes and Eyesight

Our View of the World Outside!

by

Owen Jones

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Published by Megan Publishing Services

http://meganthemisconception.com

Copyright Owen Jones 2024 ©

Welcome to “Eyes and Eyesight - Our View of the World Outside!” In the intricate tapestry of human experience, our eyes serve as the primary conduits through which we perceive and interpret the world around us. This book embarks on a journey to unravel the marvels of our eyes and delve into the intricacies of eyesight—a vital aspect of our existence often taken for granted.

From the dawn of vision correction with the advent of eyeglasses to the revolutionary advancements in Lasik surgery and beyond, this exploration traverses the evolution of techniques that enhance and restore our eyesight. Alongside conventional methods like contact lenses and glasses, we will navigate through modern innovations that hold the promise of reshaping the landscape of vision correction.

But this book goes beyond the physical mechanisms of eyesight. It unravels the tapestry of ocular health, addressing contemporary issues, preventative measures, and emerging technologies that not only correct vision but also contribute to the holistic well-being of our eyes.

Join me on this captivating expedition into the realm of eyes and eyesight, where science, technology, and the innate wonder of our sensory perception converge. Together, let’s embark on a comprehensive exploration that celebrates the intricate symphony of our eyes as they reveal the world outside—a world that unfolds before us, vibrant, detailed, and filled with infinite possibilities.

I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.

I hope that it will interest those who have a young family or are concerned about their eyesight.

If you have any feedback, please leave it with the company you bought this book from.

Thanks again for purchasing this ebook,

Regards,

Owen Jones

Table Of Contents

1. Eyes in the Digital Age – Navigating

Screen Time, Dryness, and Wrinkles 11

2. Contact Lenses versus Glasses

3. Blindness These Days

4. Eye Allergies and Diseases

5. Eye Complications of Diabetes

6. Dry Eyes and Contact Lenses

7. A Story of Lasik Eye Surgery

8. Eye Care after Lasik Surgery

9. Cataract Removal Surgery

10. Eye Injuries in Adolescents

11. Vision Improvement

12. Natural Vision Improvement

13. What Is An Initial Lasik Eye Exam Like?

14. Wrinkle Cream for The Eyes

15. What Are Bags Under Your Eyes?

16. Modern Times and Blindness

17. Beyond 20/20 - Modern Solutions

for Vision Enhancement

18. What Is Wavefront Technology in Lasik?

19. The Complications Of Diabetes

20. Navigating the Future of Vision

21. Contact Details

1. Eyes In The Digital Age - Navigating Screen Time, Dryness, And Wrinkles

In an era dominated by screens and digital devices, our eyes bear the brunt of modern lifestyles. From prolonged screen time to the constant barrage of information, our eyes are subjected to unprecedented challenges. This article delves into the impact of modern lifestyles on eye health, offering valuable tips for preventing dry eyes and eye strain from digital devices, and exploring the cosmetic concerns of wrinkles and bags under the eyes in the age of technology.

Understanding the Impact of Modern Lifestyles on Eye Health:

The ubiquity of screens in our daily lives has fundamentally altered the way we use our eyes. Whether it’s staring at computer monitors during work hours, scrolling through smartphones, or binge-watching our favourite shows on streaming platforms, our eyes are constantly engaged in close-up activities. Prolonged exposure to digital screens can lead to digital eye strain, characterised by symptoms like headaches, blurred vision, and dry eyes.

Moreover, the blue light emitted by screens can disrupt our sleep-wake cycle, potentially affecting the quality of our sleep and overall well-being. To mitigate these effects, it’s essential to be mindful of our screen time, take regular breaks, and consider using blue light filters on digital devices.

Tips for Preventing Dry Eyes and Eye Strain:

The prevalence of digital screens has given rise to an increase in complaints of dry eyes and eye strain. The 20-20-20 rule is a simple yet effective strategy: for every 20 minutes spent looking at a screen, take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet away. This helps reduce eye strain and keeps the eyes more lubricated.

Blinking is another often overlooked aspect of eye health, especially during screen time. Blinking helps moisten the eyes, preventing dryness. Reminding oneself to blink regularly can significantly contribute to maintaining eye comfort.

Investing in screen filters and adjusting screen brightness to match the ambient lighting can reduce the strain on the eyes. Additionally, staying adequately hydrated is crucial for overall eye health and can alleviate symptoms of dry eyes.

Exploring Cosmetic Concerns: Wrinkles and Bags Under the Eyes:

The impact of modern lifestyles extends beyond functional concerns to cosmetic ones. The delicate skin around the eyes is particularly susceptible to showing signs of ageing, exacerbated by factors like stress, inadequate sleep, and excessive screen time.

Wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes, often referred to as crow’s feet, can be a cosmetic concern for many. Regular moisturizing and using eye creams with ingredients like retinol and hyaluronic acid can help keep the skin hydrated and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

Bags under the eyes can be attributed to a variety of factors, including genetics, lack of sleep, and fluid retention. Adequate rest, a well-balanced diet, and proper hydration can contribute to reducing the puffiness under the eyes. Cold compresses and specialised eye creams containing ingredients like caffeine can also provide temporary relief.

Our eyes navigate the digital age with both functional and cosmetic challenges. Understanding the impact of modern lifestyles on eye health, adopting preventive measures for dry eyes and eye strain, and exploring cosmetic solutions for wrinkles and bags under the eyes empower individuals to maintain optimal eye health in the age of technology. By incorporating these strategies into our daily routines, we can strike a balance between the demands of the digital world and the well-being of our precious eyes.

2. Contact Lenses Versus Glasses

Has your eyesight deteriorated to the point where you have to wear spectacles? Are you all right with that? Well, there are a number of options to be had these days, so you do have other choices. If you do not want to undergo surgery, you can still opt for contact lenses. In fact, contact lenses have been a viable alternative to specs for decades.

Surgery can be a more permanent solution to problems with eyesight, but for various reasons, some individuals do not want to take up this option. This leaves contact lenses as the best alternative. The first thing to notice about contact lenses is that most people will not know that you are wearing them. This is very important to some people and not important to others at all.

Contact lenses offer better all-round or peripheral vision than spectacles. When you look to the side wearing specs, there is no glass there, but contact lenses cover your entire pupil so that your vision is closer to normal. This is safer if you are driving a car or riding a bike or even trying to cross a road.

Another problem that numerous people find with specs is that they leave indentations on the nose. Some people find these unsightly. Spectacles also need frequent cleaning, which many people consider maddening, whereas contact lenses are cleaned by the eyes’ normal cleaning system - in other words, automatically.

Stylists also think that their prescription specs have to go with what they are wearing. This can mean that you have to have a dozen pairs of specs. If your eyesight deteriorates further, which is quite likely, all those spectacles will have to be up-graded as well. This is not the case with contact lenses obviously.

Both glasses and contact lenses can correct astigmatism or bad eyesight, which comes to most people after the age of forty. Sometimes earlier and sometimes later, but it will happen. Your choice, if you do not want to undergo surgery, is whether you would prefer to wear glasses or contact lenses.

In the past, contact lenses were very costly, which is why numerous people still discount using them, but in fact it is no longer the case. Contact lenses are more costly, but not much more now. In fact, you can buy disposable contact lenses and many people do do that.

The fact is that there are better options to wearing either contacts or specs, but most people do not realise it. It is possible nowadays to have one eye operation and never have to wear spectacles again. Or you could have laser surgery and almost certainly not require specs again for ten or twenty years, but some people are adverse to having surgery and so they opt for glasses or contacts.

In the long run, surgery is almost definitely less costly than wearing contact lenses and wearing contact lenses is almost definitely cheaper than wearing specs, but it is the same with most items, people merely look at the up-front costs and cheaper is rarely better.

3. Blindness These Days

Not so long ago, it was not at all out of the ordinary to see blind people walking the streets tap-tapping away with their white sticks, being guided by a dog, usually a Labrador, but I have not seen anyone like that in Britain for years, as far as I remember.

That has to get a good thing; it has to mean that we are beginning to cure or at least alleviate most forms of blindness.

My aunty had cataracts for years when I was a child in the Sixties - it was simply one of those things in life. Some people got them when they were getting on and others did not.

My brother’s mother-in-law had cataracts in the late Nineties and she was enrolled on a two year waiting list to have them removed, but at least she had hope and they were going to be got rid of free of charge.

I do not know of anyone else that has eye trouble except myself. I could not get my glasses clean one day and then a friend said he saw a white dot in one of my eyes. He took me to the hospital and the optician said that I had ‘premature senile cataracts’.

Well, I live in Thailand now and he did not say those exact words. He told me that the cataracts were because I was prematurely senile.

I asked him if that was what he really meant; he looked it up in a book and we both had a good laugh about it, although he never actually corrected himself.

My condition turned out to be a little bit more problematic than just cataracts, but when I went from the local hospital to a major hospital in Pattaya, the doctor saw me within 30 minutes and asked me if I wanted the cataracts removed.

I said that I did and she was prepared to do the operation there and then. I had it postponed for 24 hours, but she would have sorted my eye out that day in a 30 minute operation, which does not require anaesthetic. I think that that was wonderful.

We have come a long way from habitually seeing blind people on the street and putting up with cataracts during a two-year waiting list to immediate removal of cataracts by laser surgery in 40-50 years.

At least we have in the Developed World and in the East too, if you have the money. There are still millions of individuals in Asia and especially in Africa suffering blindness and partial blindness for the sake of a simple 30 minute operation.

Two weeks after my operation, my other eye started to cloud over. It was as if it had been holding on with its last scrap of strength until I got his mate sorted out.

I had that one treated last year and when I was permitted to take off my patch and look around me with two decent eyes again for the first time in a decade, I could not believe that I had forgotten how bright the world actually is and that I had not noticed how drab my world had gotten.

If you are worried about an eye operation, do not be. What you will experience once you are able to see properly again will make all the apprehension seem ludicrous and if you get the opportunity to give someone their vision back, please do it.

4. Eye Allergies And Diseases

Most individuals look for signs of allergies on their skin, but it not the only organ of our bodies that can show allergic reactions. The eyes are very sensitive because they are openly exposed to the elements. Allergic reactions can frequently be observed there as well.

In this piece we will take a look at some of the most common allergic reactions and diseases that can be identified in the eyes. The most common allergic reactions in the eyes are redness and irritation. These signs are common to several allergies and a couple of illnesses too.

It is very difficult for the non-professional medical person to diagnose the reasons for these indications. Pain or prolonged discomfort ought to be treated by a medical doctor as soon as you can since some fairly serious illnesses manifest themselves in the eyes.

If you get red or pink eye in just one eye, the cause is almost certainly an infection, perhaps from something that you introduced into your eye with your finger or a handkerchief. If the redness is in both eyes, the reason is probably an allergy or a disease.

Common allergens are pollen, cosmetics, pollution, dust, antiperspirant, perfumes and other sprays. These substances usually cause redness of the eyes and watering. Sometimes the allergic reaction can be fairly severe even causing headaches and nausea.

Some people also suffer an allergic reaction to pets. Well, not actually the animals themselves but their hair, their dead skin and the skins shed by fleas that frequently live on them. If you have a pet and have begun suffering since you got it, you have a few options: get rid or it, take medication or, if it is a dog, bathe and groom it more frequently. It is difficult to bathe a cat, but you can also become allergic to birds and their detritus.

Pollen allergy is very widespread and there are drugs to help reduce your sensitivity to it at the time of year when pollen is most predominant. Another thing that you can do to lower your susceptibility to allergens is to inaugurate air conditioning.

Contemporary air conditioning units have filters of varying complexity. Some filters will filter out pollen, pet detritus and many other allergens including pollution. Vacuuming is another practical tool in the fight against allergies.

Redness of the eyes has a tendency to suggest allergy (or tiredness), but it could be more serious if the condition persists. Yellow or brown eyes frequently indicate difficulties with the liver and particularly jaundice. Jaundice (or hepatitis) ought to be treated by a medical doctor instantly because it can cause permanent scarring to the liver.

You may also see ‘floaters’ drifting in you field of vision. A few of these floaters or drusen are common in older individuals, but they may also be a sign of something more significant than just age. Two of these diseases could be cataracts or macular degeneration. Cataracts can be removed, but macular degeneration necessitates frequent treatment.