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Tips for Maintaining Eye Health

  • Consume healthy food
  • Wear protective glasses
  • Take a break from gadget screens
  • Regularly check your eyes
  • Don't wear contact lenses for too long

    • Eyes are one of the senses whose health we must pay attention to. To keep this organ healthy, you can do the following tips.

     

    Tips for Maintaining Eye Health

    1. Consume healthy food

    The first way to maintain eye health is to eat healthy foods. Food intake certainly affects health, including eye health.

    To maintain eye health, you can eat foods that contain vitamins E & C, zinc, lutein, and omega-3.

    You can get these nutrients from tuna, green vegetables, nuts, blackberries, blueberries, eggs, and oranges.

    2. Wear protective glasses

    The second way to maintain eye health is to wear protective glasses. This is important to do, especially when you are staring at a gadget screen and doing outdoor activities.

    To keep your eyes healthy, use anti-radiation glasses if you are forced to stare at a gadget screen for a long time.

    Apart from that, wear sunglasses when doing outdoor activities. Sunglasses will help block exposure to ultraviolet light.

    3. Take a break from gadget screens

    The next way to maintain eye health is to take breaks from looking at the gadget screen. In fact, staring at a gadget screen for a long time can increase the risk of eye damage.

    The risks that will arise include blurred vision, dry eyes, difficulty focusing, and looking far away. In addition, there is the possibility of neck pain, headaches, shoulder pain, and back pain.

    However, if you are forced to stare at a gadget screen for a long time, you should look away every 20 minutes. In addition, to reduce eye strain, try looking at distant objects in front of you.

    4. Regularly check your eyes

    Apart from the three methods mentioned above, to maintain eye health, you should regularly check your eye condition with an eye specialist.

    The aim is to monitor the condition of the eyes, whether they are healthy enough or certain disorders are detected. Check-ups like this should be done once every two years.

    5. Don't wear contact lenses for too long

    The final tip for maintaining eye health is not to use contact lenses (soft lenses) for too long. Excessive use of contact lenses can cause irritation.

    If you have to use contact lenses, pay attention to hand hygiene. Apart from that, never wear contact lenses while sleeping because it is very dangerous..

     

    Hopefully, the five tips above can help you maintain eye health. Have fun practicing it.

     

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