When you prioritize your eye health and incorporate beneficial habits into your daily routine, you can significantly enhance and preserve your vision. Follow these 10 tips:
1. Schedule Regular Comprehensive Eye Exams
Even if your vision seems fine, regular eye exams are crucial. A comprehensive dilated eye exam can detect eye diseases like glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and age-related macular degeneration in their early stages, often before symptoms appear. Early detection allows for more effective treatment.
Visit the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) doctor-finder.
2. Keep Your Eyelids and Eyelashes Clean
Your eyelids and eyelashes can harbor bacteria and debris, leading to conditions like blepharitis and styes. Use specialized eyelid cleansers like Bruder Hygienic Eyelid Cleansing Wipes and anti-bacterial sprays like Bruder Hygienic Eyelid Solution to gently clean the area daily. Keeping your eyelids clean reduces irritation and helps maintain healthy eyes.
3. Warm Your Eyelids to Support Oil Flow
The meibomian glands in your eyelids produce natural oils that help prevent tear evaporation. Warming your eyelids softens and releases these oils, improving tear quality and combating dry eye. The microwave-activated Bruder Moist Heat Eye Compress and the air-activated Eyedration by Bruder Moist Heat Eye Mask provide proven solutions for home or travel.
4. Implement the 20-20-20 Rule
Prolonged screen time can cause eye strain. To alleviate this, follow the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. This practice helps reduce eye fatigue associated with digital device use. And if you’re a gamer, Bruder makes a mask just for you — The Samureye.
5. Protect Your Eyes from UV Exposure
Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can harm your eyes. Wearing sunglasses that block 99% to 100% of both UVA and UVB radiation is essential, even on cloudy days. This practice helps prevent conditions like cataracts and macular degeneration.
6. Practice Good Hygiene if wearing Contact Lenses
If you wear contact lenses, maintaining proper hygiene is crucial to prevent eye infections. Always wash your hands before handling lenses, disinfect them as instructed, and replace them according to your eye care professional’s recommendations. Read on for more about dry eye and contact lens wear.
7. Get Hydrated
Adequate hydration is essential for maintaining the moisture balance in your eyes, preventing dryness and irritation. Ensure you drink enough water throughout the day to support overall eye health. The Dry Eye Drink by Bruder provides electrolytes to hyper-hydrate the eyes and body, vitamins known to promote eye health and ingredients to support a healthy inflammatory response.
8. Maintain a Balanced Diet
Nutrition plays a vital role in eye health. Incorporate a variety of fruits and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collard greens, into your diet. Additionally, consuming fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut, can support eye health. Read on for more from the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 36 Fabulous Foods to Boost Eye Health.
9. Stay Physically Active
Regular physical activity can help reduce the risk of health conditions that may lead to eye health or vision problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Engaging in moderate exercise can contribute to overall health and, by extension, eye health.
10. Avoid Smoking
Smoking is detrimental to eye health, increasing the risk of conditions like age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and optic nerve damage, all of which can lead to blindness. Quitting smoking can significantly reduce these risks.
For more visit:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention— Preventing Vision Loss
National Eye Institute — Healthy Vision Tips | Keep your eyes healthy
