Safely Inserting Contact Lens

I had run for a loose ball on the soccer field when my teammate Oliver collided with me. My left knee took the impact. Someone helped me off the field so I could sit down. After I had come to the conclusion that playing again in that practice was futile, I quietly waited for practice to end.

road with a hammer. A piece of the nail-head broke off, ricocheted off the road surface and penetrated his eye. The eye had to be removed. This sad event, that took just micro-seconds, but had lifetime consequences. There are few tasks we do in the shop that do not deserve safety eyewear. I worked as an Optometrist for 47 years and have removed more foreign bodies than I can count. Even with safety eyewear, crap happens. I routinely saw patients from machine shops where protective eyewear was an OSHA requirement, but they still got metal in their eyes despite protective eyewear being used. Some guidelines to consider. If a task is under taken, that uses a high speed tool such as a drill, lathe or even a hammer, that causes the eye

Vision may impact on a child’s life when they are going though their development but not much as they could wear Glasses or contacts and the only time it would cases a problem is if the child brakes, looses, forgets to bring them with the child or forgets to puts them in their eyes.

What drew me to the field of optometry specifically is the fact that our eyes can be considered one of our most precious gifts. Growing up my siblings always needed some sort of corrective lenses, leaving me in the dark so to speak. When I was younger I suffered a corneal

and I had my chance so I walked up to the plate and didn’t do too well. As my coach was giving me advice and I was looking at him the catcher threw the ball and it hit me directly on the cheek. I remember my glasses falling off and stepping on them.

Prescription safety glasses are the answer for anyone who wears prescription glasses and requires safety glasses. However, finding the right prescription safety glasses can be a bit of a challenge. Most optometrists don't stock this type of protective eyewear. Many online sites offer prescription safety glasses. However, the key here is to make sure that you are purchasing from a reputable safety glass providers.

I'm getting contacts soon but I have this fear of touching my eyes. I think it's so gross to think about my finger touching my eyes

I remember getting contacts and exclaiming to my best friend, “Wow! I can see the individual leaves on trees!” For a few weeks, I wandered the hallways

In an effort to promote contact lens and eye health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did a report based on nationwide survey of 1,000 contact wearers. DCD discovered that 99 percent of them admit not taking care of their contact lens hygiene, leading their eyes to infection or inflammation.

One thing I don't want to do again is to get on the monkey bars. I was only in the 2nd grade when I first broke a bone in my body. I was outside at school, it was recess time, around 2 pm or 2:30 pm. It was my friends and me racing to see who could get across the monkey bars the fastest. Then I said, "it's my turn, let me go!" I started by skipping on to the third bar and skipping every other one to get past. Midway through something got in my eye. I let one of my arms go to wipe my eye out, then that's where I wasn't thinking, I let both of my arms go.

I first developed an interest towards optometry due to its intimate interaction between doctor and patient. As a child, there was nothing more I disliked than going to the doctor’s office especially if I thought my eyes were going to get poked and prodded at. But after my first visit to an optometrist, I didn’t mind the doctor getting close to my eyes. The doctor was not only friendly but was reassuring and explained things in a way that I can easily understand. What I thought would be a horrifying examination was made pleasant and tolerable. Although the exam was no longer than half an hour, the experience I had in the exam room sparked my initial interest in pursuing optometry as a professional career.

“It is amazing to me that, despite the variety of beautiful contacts lenses that have been developed today, people will still come up to me and compliment my eyes, often asking if they are real. One memory that I have kept with me is of an old lady who was partially blind but when ever she’d see me, she’d grab my arms, peer right into my eyes and then a big smile would break out on her face and she’d say, “Blessed child. You have beautiful eyes!” The old lady – unfortunately I never learned her name, she was always Ma’am to me - was the sister of my close friend’s mother and had come to Canada from Lebanon to visit a friend. She’d walk around her block and my friend and I would often encounter her on our own excursions. I never really knew

With a varied number of options available in the market in terms of contact lenses at the least, we are going to talk about

While sitting in the air conditioning all summer may seem appealing, many of us would like to get outside and play! But, while you’re sitting in the AC, be sure to check out Tri-County Eye Clinic’s wide selection of prescription sunglasses. You may be shocked to find that it won’t cost you an arm and a leg to invest in a nice, stylist pair of prescription sunglasses or sports eye wear. Don’t get us wrong, prescription eye glasses are great! However, they don’t really block your eyes from the sun’s harmful rays, which can cause damage to your eyes. By purchasing prescription sunglasses, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful summer days without the worry that your eyes may

It like a trivial thing, but putting in contacts brings clarity to a blurry morning for much of the population. The task starts with retrieving the lenses and wetting solution. Placing the contact on the eyeball is a tricky step with which one must become comfortable. The wetting solution provides soothing relief once it is placed on the contact and serves to reduce eye irritation. These are the necessary steps for putting in a contact, because if not done properly a contact lens can scratch and damage the eye.