Hello, Beauties🌸 Today’s post follows up on last week’s Wellness Wednesday. May it be Health Vision Awareness Month, and here are eight essential tips about progressive eye care. Please read on to learn more about aging eyes.
Like clockwork, my eyes were the first of my senses to change when I entered middle age. I’ve worn eyeglasses since the fifth grade. However, I become a faithful gas-permeable contact lens wearer in college.
In 1997, as a midlifer, I became a pharmaceutical sales specialist when computer use exploded. I remember interviewing with AstraZeneca in Pittsburgh with as many as five different people. The main question is, Are you comfortable using a computer?
I couldn’t imagine what the big deal was about computer use. Little did I know that so many operating procedures required the utilization of computers: training, expense reports, online meetings, keeping track of daily workload, and sample inventory.
With all that screenwork, it was as if everything just became a blur. Whoever said, “The eyes are the first to go,” wasn’t kidding, as confirmed by my ophthalmologist. It was not only the computer screen but menu reading that I faced reality and the need for readers—not just one pair of readers but in the car, every room upstairs and downstairs, and my purse.
Of course, nowadays we baby boomers dare not say bifocals, we prefer progressive. The term is multifocal lenses. As we age, we inevitably develop presbyopia, which translates to “aging eye.” 2005 the World Health Organization reported that at least one billion people worldwide had this problem. Presbyopia affects people who have always worn glasses and those who have never had perfect vision.
According to an online source, Presbyopia happens because your eyes’ lenses gradually harden as you age. They’re no longer as elastic as they were when you were young, so they have a more challenging time focusing on the objects around you, especially nearby objects. Most people start to notice presbyopia when they can’t see words on a page or computer screen as well as they once did.
Eight Things Your Eyes Are Trying to Tell You About Your Health:
◊ A Stubborn Eye Stye
♠ Thinning Eyebrows
◊ Blurry Vision
♣ Blind Spots
◊ Bulging Eyes
♠ Yellow Whites In Your Eyes
◊ Blurred Vision Diabetes
♦ Double Vision, Dim Vision, or Vision Loss
Your eyes can reveal a lot about your health. Don’t ignore any signs or symptoms on the progressive eye care tips.
As always, thank you for reading. Have a fabulous week.
