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Keeping your eyes healthy

Today, our eyes focus at the same distance for much longer periods of time than ever before. Desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets, and even watching television may result in eye strain, headaches, and a sore neck.

One way to effectively reduce these symptoms is to practice “eye training.” During the day, take short breaks – around 5 minutes every hour- to look off into the distance. You don’t have to focus on anything in particular.

For children to develop their eyes fully, they need to subject their eyes to both near and far stimuli as much as possible. It is well-documented that children who spend more time doing activities up-close (reading, painting, video games or computer work) have a higher incidence of myopia (shortsightedness).

A healthy lifestyle is important for eye health: regular exercise, nutritious food and drinking plenty of water. Eating junk food, smoking, and lack of exercise are bad for your eyes. It is understood now, that circulatory disorders are the main cause of many eye diseases. Consult your doctor and develop a health plan that is sustainable, effective, and fun.

Of course, direct sunlight also damages the eyes. Always make sure to equip UV protective lenses inside and outside.

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Identifying poor vision in your child

Good, clear vision is essential for a child’s development. It’s never too early to have your child’s eyes examined, because babies are unable to communicate the issues they’re experiencing. Parents typically notice the obvious issues with their child, rather than those that cannot be easily detected (such as visual impairments).

In fact, most parents only notice visual impairments when the child’s visual acuity drops below 60%. The good news is that the earlier corrective measures are taken, the more successful the outcome will be.

Children should have their first eye examination within the first 10 days of life. Correcting issues this early, when the eye has not taken it’s final form, is more successful than correcting such issues later. It is important to note that there are certain visual health issues – if left unaddressed- can no longer be minimized or avoided.

Premature babies should be checked while still in the incubator, because premature children sometimes have visual impairments due to the reduced time spent in development within the womb. Glasses and even contact lenses can be prescribed and adapted for premature babies, full-term babies, and young children. Small children’s frames like SPIN make this feasible.

Please: keep a watchful eye on your children’s eye health. Schedule an appointment with your optometrist if you notice squinting, twitching, or graying of the pupil. This is especially true if eye-health issues run in your family.

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Prevention is Protection

Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) is the single greatest threat to eye health. While it is important to protect from all forms of damaging light (such as bluelight), UVR is of utmost importance. It’s not only your sunglasses that need to block UVR, but your clear optical lenses need to do it too. 

Many optical lenses sold today are not equipped to protect your child’s eyes from damaging UVR. Carl Zeiss has recently addressed this concern by implementing UVR protection across their product range.

It is essential to start UVR protection for your child as early as possible, because the damage builds up over their lifetime – and the damage is permanent. Children receive half of all their UVR exposure before they are 18 years old! UVR is particularly harmful to young children because their bodies have not yet developed the naturally occurring protection systems against such light; systems like antioxidants which combat free radical damage.

We take your children’s eye health seriously, that’s why SPIN is owned and operated by A.B.O. Certified opticians. When you purchase lenses from SPIN, you can be sure that your child is getting:

  1. Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) Protection.
  2. Lightweight, impact-resistant lenses with the thinnest design possible.
  3. Each prescription lens order comes with our Prescription Accuracy Guarantee.
  4. Personal attention – your order is handled from start to finish by the same person.

Source: DEBORAH KOTOB