Saturday, January 21, 2012

18 SIGHT-SAVING TIPS





1. Have an eye check up by an eye doctor or an optometrist or your family physician, once a year.

2. Eye examination before employment is necessary.

3. Eye examination or visual screening of all students once a year should be routine procedure.

4. Visual examination of all car drivers should be enforced.

5. Good lighting, erect position and proper distance for reading, close work and observing television should be taught to all.


6. Proper protection of the eyes from excessive heat, glare and possible trauma while working or playing.

7. Pointed, sharp-edged and other dangerous toys and play-things should be avoided, especially firecrackers.

8. Avoid contact with those having sore eyes. Self medications by advertised eye-drops are not harmless.

9. Not to touch your eyes with dirty hands, towels, handkerchiefs or other materials.

10. Keep household chemicals and pointed objects beyond the reach of infants and children.

11. Avoid vigorous rubbing after foreign object get into your eyes. Wash immediately and thoroughly any chemical that gets into your eyes.

12. Do not look directly at the sun, bright lights, welding or eclipses.

13. Do not submit to “kahig” or corneal scraping by “herbolarios.”

14. Pay attention to the following danger signs: blurring of vision with or without eyeglasses, seeing spot or light flashes, redness, tearing, sensation of foreign object, itchiness, secretion, pain, heaviness, swelling, seeing double, repeated or persistent headache or dizziness.

15. Eye injuries and eye infection are preventable and most blinding disease is remediable even in the very old.

16. There are charity clinics in all government and university hospitals, even in some big private hospitals. Consult them for any visual complaints. If they are not available in your locality go to your family physician or optometrist. They will refer you to competent eye doctor if needed.


 17. Good sight is not fully appreciated until it is lost or threatened. Blindness is not “talaga ng Dios” or due to the will of God. It is often cause by improper care or indifference to warning signals.

18. A sound mind and a healthy body are necessary to conserve vision.  

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Special Credit to: Julio F. Silverio

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