The eyes are an important and vulnerable organ. Over the course of a person's life, the strain on the eyes increases. If you do not pay proper attention to your eyes, with time, vision becomes worse, characteristic diseases appear.
How to preserve vision for many years? There are eight rules, following which you can protect your eyes from the aggressive effects of external factors. This will help maintain the health of the eyes and prevent the development of characteristic diseases.
Rules for preserving eyesight:
Get a good night's sleep. Regular lack of sleep affects the optic nerve, which significantly reduces the quality of vision.
Give your eyes a rest during an active day. During reading, watching TV, working on the computer, it is necessary to make pauses (10-15 minutes). It is desirable to devote one or two such pauses to special exercises for the eyes.
It is important to watch TV and read books in a well-lit room. The habit of watching TV in the dark is ruinous for the health of the eyes.
Read in the right position. It is categorically impossible to read books while moving (in transport, when walking). You must read sitting down, it is not necessary to get used to reading lying down.
Do not squint. This habit not only spoils the appearance, but also negatively affects the eyes.
You should also eat food rich in vitamins A, E and C.
Rest frequently, walk outdoors.
Visit an ophthalmologist regularly for preventive examinations.
How can I keep my child's eyesight?
According to the WHO statistics, almost every fourth pupil has problems with his/her vision. But it is necessary to take care of eye health since childhood. If you miss this point at a young age, later on you may face very serious eye diseases, which may lead to partial loss of vision or blindness.
What do caring parents need to pay attention to in order to prevent the development of dangerous vision problems in children?
Watching TV, sitting at a computer or a tablet for children should be dosed. For 2-3 year old children, it is recommended that they spend no more than 15-20 minutes a day watching cartoons. Children ages 4-7 should spend no more than 30-40 minutes a day watching TV, tablets and computers. Students older than 7 years should spend no more than 1.5-3 hours on such eye strain, and always with breaks.
Exercises that involve training in reading, writing, drawing and other disciplines which require exercise of the visual organ, should be combined with vigorous physical exercise (preferably outdoors).
The child's diet should include all the necessary set of useful substances. Especially important product for vision is a carrot. It is desirable to include this vegetable in the child's diet in the amount recommended for children's nutrition.
Parents should be alert to any complaints of the child regarding eye health. If there is the slightest suspicion of visual impairment or other eye diseases, an ophthalmologist should be consulted. It is recommended that all children without exception have a preventive eye exam once a year.
Impact of Computer and TV on Eye Health
The modern man is overloaded with the impact of various devices.
We work at the computer, search for information and communicate via phones, video chatters, play on consoles and other devices, watch TV before going to sleep, in the morning flip through the news on a tablet. Whether a person is working or resting, their eyes are always strained. Such stress is detrimental to vision. This should be taken into account. It is desirable to reduce the frequency and intensity of such loads. To preserve vision it is important to follow simple rules of interaction with the computer, TV, book:
The time of continuous "communication" with the TV or computer can not be longer than one hour. It is necessary to take a short break. It is better to refuse further strain, if sitting at the monitor is not related to work.
Distance from your eyes to the screen size 32-46 inches diagonally must be at least 3-3,3 m. The distance from the monitor to the eyes can be at least 40-70 cm. The distance from the book to the eyes should not be less than 30-40 cm. You should read in the right light - the room should have an overhead light turned on.
Feeling tired, dry, sore eyes while working on the computer must be rest. If fatigue of the sight must be relieved by special exercises.
Exercises for vision preservation
In order that the load on the visual organ has not become destructive, it is worth to relieve eye fatigue with the help of simple exercises:
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