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
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.
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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