Over a million people each year experience an eye injury and a vast majority of them could have been prevented by taking just a few precautions. Your peepers need protecting and proper eye care can see you through many stages of life. If you engage in an activity that could be potentially hazardous, wear the proper protective eye wear that has been approved by the American National Standards Institute or ANSI.

Protecting your Eyes

Eye care should be your primary concern when you engage in an activity where chemicals, projectiles and possible flying objects could injure your eyes. There are dangers everywhere and thinking ahead will not only save you time and money in the doctor’s office but possibly your eyesight as well.

Around the Home

If you clean around the house and use spray cleaners for glass, furniture or even the bathtub, be sure to read the instructions so that you use the product properly. Most people neglect to do this and as a result inhale too many fumes and can even get some of the airborne mist from the cleaners into the eyes. The chemicals in these cleaners can be rather noxious and are capable of burning or corroding the delicate tissues of your eyes, causing blindness. As you can see, eye care is essential in this situation.

Gardening and lawn care also requires diligence and necessary precautions to protect your eyesight. Wearing protective goggles should be a part of your overall eye care in this situation as it can protect you from grass when mowing and flying rocks, twigs and other debris when weed eating or edging the lawn.

Sports

Many swimmers practice good eye care by donning swimming goggles to protect their eyes from the burning chlorinated water in the pool. Racquetball players wear sports goggles or protective glass as part of their eye care regime as the racquetball could fly toward their face at any time. Hunters, target shooters, hockey, basketball and more can all benefit from protective eyewear.

The Workplace

Physical activities in the workplace could also require proper eye care as well. If you work in pest control, landscaping, woodworking, mechanic or even crop dusting, the proper protective eyewear is essential. Chemicals from a car battery could splash a mechanic and pesticides could accidentally get into a pest control or crop duster person’s eyes. Wood shavings could float around from a saw or sander and embed themselves in a woodworker’s eyes and cause lacerations or an infection. Eye care practices in the form of safety glasses or goggles can definitely protect those peepers from harm.

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Tip! Laser eye surgery is virtually pain free as the cornea is anesthetized using special drops. There may be mild discomfort when the anesthetic wears off but this irritation should be minor and last only a few hours.

Photorefractive Keratectomy is actually famous procedure of laser eye surgery. It is also called PRK and it uses laser to reshape the cornea. PRK is very useful in reshaping the cornea to get better vision. Most of the patients receive the noticeable differences in their vision and no need to wear glasses or contact lenses anymore.

In fact, PRK is not the same as LASIK surgery, because it shapes the top of the cornea using laser, rather than underneath it. It does not need to slice the top of the cornea to form a hinged flap like LASIK.

Tip! If you are not the type of person to boldly take risks,LASIK eye surgery may not be right for you.

However, there is one drawback which is the PRK patients usually feel more pain than those trying LASIK surgery, and the discomfort may keep on for quite a few days. Their eyes may feel irritated and watery, which may prolong the recovery period. Also, PRK cannot give you instant vision improvement. Most of the time, 20/20 vision may not be achieved for about 1-2 months. Also, there are no guarantees that perfect vision will be achieved, and patients sometims may complain that they can see some halos around image.

In fact, PRK and LASIK eye surgery usually cost more or less the same. The eye surgeon need to have a full medical record and take a few of eye tests to make sure the patient is in good shape and their eyes are ok for laser eye surgery. Then a procedure date will be arranged.

The real laser procedures are a bit different. In PRK, the patients are needed a local anesthesia. Once it shows some effect, laser beams will be pulsed on the top of the cornea. This keeps on until the cornea is reshaped. A bandage which looks like the contact lens, will be placed on the eyes, and keep it untouched a few days to faster the healing process. A number of follow-up checks after the eye surgeon are scheduled over 2-3 months in order to ensure it is in the right progress.

Tip! In most cases, after Lasik eye surgery the vision improves almost instantly however in some cases patients that their vision improves to an even greater degree after days and weeks pass. Most people end up with 20/20 vision after Lasik eye surgery, but some still need glasses or contact lenses to assist with proper sight requirements.

It may take many weeks to improve your vision and you will have alternate clear and blurry vision. Some of the patients will need to wear glasses, especially at night. It is highly recommended to use eye drops for keeping the eyes moist and reduce the infection risk. Also, it is not suitable for patients to drive for the first several weeks after the surgery. It will take around 6 weeks or more to get the best vision.

It is really essential for you to choose an ophthalmologist who is professional and very experienced in PRK laser eye surgery. Try to ask friends and family for recommendation, visit many candidates, and always read all the related documents to ensure you know all the prices involved in the surgery. It is a good idea to avoid the junior level practitioners offering cheap prices. Do your own research, and you will be satisfied with the vision result.

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Tip! If you are not the type of person to boldly take risks,LASIK eye surgery may not be right for you.

If you are looking into having corrective laser eye surgery, this must mean that you have vision problems. Most people with vision problems are dependant on contact lenses or glasses to see correctly. Once you have the laser eye surgery to correct your vision, hopefully you will not need to wear contact lenses or glasses any longer.

The main benefit of having corrective laser eye surgery is that you will not need to wear eye glasses or contact lenses any longer. Just imagining how free you would be of your particular medical device, is enough to get anyone excited about the possibility of laser eye surgery. You would be able to swim, and not have to worry about the water washing out your contact lenses, as well getting your eye glasses wet, and not being able to look through them. The possibility of waking up to clear vision every morning is exciting as well.

While you are considering the benefits that you will get from corrective laser eye surgery, you may also want to consider the risks that are associated with this surgery. As with all surgeries, you are looking at risks that can cause long term damage to your eyes. Permanent loss of vision is a major risk that you will be taking when you have this procedure performed. When you have permanent loss of vision associated with laser eye surgery, this cannot be corrected by eye glasses or contact lenses. Another risk is the dry eye syndrome. You could possibly have dry eyes, that cannot be cured, for the rest of your life. Dry eye syndrome is mostly scratchy and itchy, and just plain uncomfortable for most people. Your tear ducts may not work properly at their job of keeping your eye moist and lubricated. Sometimes when laser eye surgery is performed, the surgeon does not remove enough of the tissue from your eyes, causing you to still need contact lenses or eye glasses to see correctly.

Tip! Lasik eye surgery is a surgical procedure, but one can essentially come and go from the hospital before and after the procedure with little to no assistance. The procedure takes place while the patient is conscious although sometimes a mild sedative is given to the patient upon advice of the surgeon.

When you know all of the risks that are associated with corrective laser eye surgery, you will be able to decide if this is something that you will benefit from. You may dislike your contacts or eye glasses so much that these are all risks that you are willing to take to improve your vision. Be sure that you research this procedure to the fullest extent, and find a reputable surgeon that has a good track record of successful laser eye surgeries. Do not just choose the first surgeon that you come across, and try to talk to someone who has had this performed on themselves, as well. Taking these steps of precaution will help you feel better about your decision.

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