Australian Climate Affects Eyesight

By Jan Smith

Australia is a very bright land. Right now, it’s even brighter than usual for summer because we are in drought. It has been said to be the worst drought in 1000 years and I’m sure the man on the land is likely to agree with that statement.

But all this brightness has another downside. It affects eyesight. To understand more medical facts about eye health, it is recommended to hear all about it via a wide range of audio books that are now available on the subject.

Some of the more frequently seen eye problems by Australian Optometrists and Ophthalmologists (eye surgeons) are age related macular degeneration. Because so many of our farmers and graziers are older and as this is a disease that largely affects the older generation, our Farmers now also have to contend with this insidious eye disease. A Grazier is a man on the land who only runs sheep and no cattle. In today’s world of multi-skilling and value adding, there aren’t many Graziers left. Most Property Owners now have two or more streams of income.

But this doesn’t change the chance of becoming a victim to this eye disease largely caused by age and the sun’s radiation.

What happens to the eye is that the retina thickens and waste material can’t escape from the eye. Occasionally this causes blood vessels to form beneath the macular and as they are new and very thin, these new blood vessels will sometimes bleed into the eye causing further damage to the macula. The end result if left too long for treatment or never treated, is blindness.

However, if treated early, steps can be taken to improve the outcome considerably.

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The Popularity of Daily Disposable Lenses

By V Selman

Daily disposable lenses are amongst the most popular type of contact lenses sold in the UK. People tend to like them for a number of reasons particularly because they are so comfortable, convenient and offer a number of health benefits.

Interestingly, daily lenses have a much wider following in Britain than they do in the United States. In the UK more than 30% of people who buy contact lenses for the first time choose daily disposables. However, in the USA only 6% opt for daily disposable lenses.

Research suggests that comfort is the strongest driver of preference in the UK. In fact, a recent survey revealed that over 80% of contact lens wearers questioned said that they thought daily lenses were more comfortable than fortnightly disposable contacts.

One of the reasons why dailies are more comfortable than other lenses is the fact that they do not tend to get deposit build up on the tear film since they are changed so regularly. Of course the convenience offered by daily disposables is another big advantage for wearers. They are unique in that they do not require the user to clean and disinfect them. This makes them incredibly easy and hassle free to look after. As a result they are often recommended by optometrists for children as well as for frequent travelers. They are particularly beneficial for the latter because they do not need to pack spares and solutions.

Daily disposable contact lenses also offer a real health benefit in that wearers are less likely to get infections from them since dirt is unable to build up on their surfaces as they are thrown away at the end of each day.

In addition to this, people who wear daily disposables do not seem to suffer from dry eyes as much as wearers of other types of lenses. Moreover they are also less likely to develop allergic reactions because of the lack of surface build up.

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Better Eyesight - To Wearing Spectacles, Or Not?

By Jonathan Chionh

GLASSES ON OR OFF?

Here’s the million dollar question… when you start your natural healing adventure, should you continue wearing your glasses/lenses or should you go ‘cold turkey’ and just bin them straight away?

There’s no easy answer to this one. It really depends on the current state of your vision, your circumstances and also on your temperament.

My original reaction, when I got started with my natural vision correction, was a little too ‘Gung Ho!’ I took off my glasses and threw them in the bin, vowing never to need them again. Actually, this slowed down my progress.

Here’s why…

Remember I said that ‘straining’ to see, is one of the greatest causes of poor vision. Your eyes need to relax in order to see well. Personally, I do a lot of close vision work (I work a lot on the computer), and so without my glasses, I found myself straining to see. I began to develop some very bad vision habits, like squinting, and getting too close to the screen (more of this later). I already had poor vision habits, and now I was adding to them! I found that I did actually need my glasses to be able to work, even though I desperately wanted to get rid of them. The trouble is, that at best, lenses are a crutch, and continuous use of any kind of crutch just weakens the body’s ability to become strong and heal itself. So my glasses were necessary for me to work, but they were also contributing to my poor eyesight!

It was a Catch 22. But I found a solution. I found an optician who was willing to ‘work with me’ during my healing adventure. Just a quick note here – the first couple of opticians I spoke to were not at all supportive and basically mocked my intention to help myself, telling me I was wasting my time! If you get the same thing, keep looking. There are plenty of open minded professionals who will help you. I asked the optician to help me monitor the improvement in my vision, and as my eyesight got better, to give me progressively weaker and weaker lenses. Oh, one more thing… I asked him to always give me lenses that were at least a half diopters too weak for me, so that my eyes were always being encouraged to work a little bit, instead of get lazy!

Each month, I went for a quick eye test, and if my sight had got better, I got new lenses. By the way, a close friend of mine also did this with contact lenses. She bought the daily lenses, and found an optician who would just keep giving her weaker prescriptions, as her eyesight improved.

Now, if you can comfortably get around daily life without really needing your lenses, and you just use them for convenience, then you can probably just go cold turkey from day one. Just use your own good judgment and common sense. Remember, you are taking responsibility now.

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