5 tips to keep your eyes healthy

Some seemingly harmless habits can make a big difference to the proper functioning of eye health. Unintentional negligence in the midst of everyday life, which seems innocuous, can be harmful and cause a lot of discomfort and even serious problems that can endanger vision.

According to the data of the World Health Organization, about 50 million Brazilians suffer from some kind of disorder in this sense, and about 60% of these cases are blindness and low vision. Many of them can be avoided with some simple precautions and early treatment.

Eye doctor Kimi Salami highlights 5 simple eye care and disease prevention precautions. paying off:

1- Rub your eyes If the hands are dirty, they can take a foreign object into the eyes, causing allergic reactions or conjunctivitis. But, even with clean hands, it is not recommended to continue rubbing them in this area of ​​the face, because if this happens frequently and with great force, it can lead to the so-called dilatation of the cornea, which is the transparent part that covers the front part. from the eyes.

In the long run it can become keratoconus, a disease that causes the cornea to protrude forward, impairing vision. There can also be a retinal detachment that, if not treated quickly and properly, can lead to the deterioration of this structure, as it detaches from the eyeball and does not receive nutrients, leading to blindness.

2- Sleeping with contact lenses: There is a chance of infection and keratitis, and keratitis, which has the most common symptoms, eye pain, sensitivity to light, redness, and blurred vision. This also results in decreased oxygenation of the eyes.

3- Use eye drops without medical advice: Depending on the type of substances applied, this seemingly harmless habit can lead to cataracts, glaucoma, or even blindness.

4- Never remove makeup. The result can be dry eyes and eyelid infections.

5- Not visiting your eye doctor often: Even without any symptoms, it is necessary to schedule annual consultations, because in this way the specialist can diagnose possible pathologies at the initial stage.