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Volume 2, Issue 4

In this issue:

April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

Vision problems may be an unexpected part of pregnancy. Talking to your doctor about vision changes can help save your sight.
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Travel Eye-Q: How to Care for Your Eyes When You Fly

The artificially maintained cabin pressure and low humidity found on airplanes can be pretty tough on your eyes.
Read More..

At Work – Eye Safety is Job 1

More than 1,000 eye injuries occur in the American workplace every day, but the majority of them could be prevented using common sense.
Read More..

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April is Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

Vision problems may be an unexpected part of pregnancy. Talking to your doctor about vision changes can help save your sight. With so much attention being paid lately to celebrities and their pregnancies, the issue of good prenatal care seems to become a secondary subject. The focus should be placed on educating all women on the effects that pregnancy can have on the body and the importance of healthy habits. Read more by visiting Prevent Blindness America.

Travel Eye-Q:
How to Care for Your Eyes When You Fly

AirplaneThe artificially maintained cabin pressure and low humidity found on airplanes can be pretty tough on your eyes.

The biggest culprit on long plane rides is dry eye syndrome – a frequently painful condition in which low humidity and failure to produce enough natural tears can combine to leave a traveler’s eyes feeling dry, scratchy, inflamed and blurry.

What’s the best way to make sure dry eye doesn’t spoil your next long-distance journey by air?

It’s simple. Take along one or two bottles of artificial tears. Put a few drops in your eyes before drifting off to sleep, and then refresh yourself with a few more drops once or twice later in the flight.

Below are more eyecare travel tips:

  • Bring along an extra set of eyeglasses or contact lenses in case you lose your first pair. Don’t forget to pack contact lens cleaning and storing agents.
  • Take a copy of the prescription for your lenses or contacts, again in case of loss.
  • If you are experiencing an eye condition before you depart, ask your eye doctor what you should do to monitor the condition—and what to do if it worsens.
  • Ask your eye doctor for the name, phone number and address of an eye doctor in the area you will be visiting. That way, you can get help quickly from a reliable eyecare professional if a vision problem should arise while you’re traveling.

At Work – Eye Safety is Job 1

More than 1,000 eye injuries occur in the American workplace every day, but the majority of them could be prevented using common sense.

Almost all workplace eye injuries take place when workers fail to wear eye protection in situations where it should be used. If you’re working around fumes or dust or fine particles, wear your safety goggles.

Also:

  • Don’t wear soft contact lenses around chemical fumes. They can absorb the potent vapors and cause eye injury.
  • If you wear safety goggles and glasses, make sure they have side shields.
  • If you aren’t sure what safety equipment might be needed for a particular job, ask your supervisor or company safety officer.

Workplace Eyestrain: There Is Relief

To ease eyestrain while operating a computer or other close-up device:

  • Close your eyes once an hour and roll them 10-15 seconds.
  • Look out the window once in a while and gaze at distant objects to shift focus.
  • Eyes feeling dry and scratchy? Use artificial tears.
  • If you computer screen is not clear, your everyday glasses may not be right at computer distance. Ask your eye doctor about computer vision glasses, which may be covered under your vision insurance.