Eye Care Tips For Adults and Children

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Eye Care Tips For Adults and Children

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 by www Subscribe To My Feed

It is imperative that Eye problems in children should be identified as early as possible. Here follows some signs that every parent needs to look out for to identify eye problems as soon as possible.

POSTURE

Be alert to notice the first signs of poor posture. The vigorous, healthy child has a naturally erect posture and a correct use of body function. Poor posture results in malfunctioning of many parts of the body, in nerve strain, and frequently it is an indication that the general health is below par and energy at a low ebb. If the child slumps, if his spine is out of line and his head down and his chest caved in, he needs a check-up to discover the cause of this lack of vitality.

Walk across the room, head down, shoulders slumping, and then walk back, head erect, shoulders back, taking long, deep breaths.

EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE

Another way in which the parent is the unconscious cause of eye problems in children is in neglecting to help the child maintain his emotional balance. Psychiatric studies reveal that most emotional disturbances originate in childhood and because we know that bad eye vision has a mental or emotional basis in a great number of cases, it is essential to protect the child from emotional shocks.

There is no better reason for self-control and maintaining an atmosphere of peace in the home than its overwhelming importance to the child’s well-being. We tend to underestimate the extent of a child’s awareness of conditions which we think he is too young to understand.

It is equally unlikely that your children will speak of it. Pay attention to their posture and emotional health and you will be able to help with many potential eye problems in children.

It is important to take care of your eyes while reading, and one of the most important of all eye care tips is proper lighting.

LIGHTING

Consider your lighting. While proper, scientific lighting is available today for everyone, an overwhelming number of people regard their lighting fixtures from the viewpoint of their decorative value rather than of their value to the eyes. The lighting companies frequently offer free services in analyzing your proper lighting needs and there are many free pamphlets which provide the same service. Good light is essential to eye health, and bad light affects the eyes as surely as bad air affects the lungs.

1. There must be enough light.
So don’t use a reading lamp and turn on no other lights.

Matthew Luckiesh, in Light, Vision and Seeing, pointed out the far-reaching effects of proper lighting in offices and factories:

1. Increased rate of performance of useful work done which results in decreased costs.
2. Increased accuracy which results in better work and less waste of materials, thereby decreasing costs.
3. Increased ease of seeing which results in the conservation of human resources, such as eyesight, energy and time, through the reduction in eyestrain, nervous tension, eye-fatigue, general fatigue, annoyance and mental fatigue.
Reading under a pool of light in an otherwise darkened room seems to be a widespread practice with attendant strain.

Not only should the room itself be adequately lighted but, for eye ease and for maximum light, it is a great help if the walls themselves are light in color. Dark colors absorb light while light colors reflect it. Never read facing a light.

When reading by artificial light, a tall table lamp with a 150-watt bulb is recommended. In order to avoid reflected glare on the printed page, try this simple test: Place a small pocket mirror in the center of the page. If the light bulb is reflected in the mirror, move the lamp until there is no place on the printed page where your eyes can see the light in the mirror.

People start to read by bright daylight, become engrossed, and do not notice that as twilight falls, the light grows dimmer and dimmer, until they are straining to make out the words on the printed page.

The problems of lighting and posture are important for the healthy eye as well as for the eye that suffers from some defect. Take heed of the above eye care tips, and many benefits will result.

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