GREEN WORLD EYE CARE

 Your Eye – A Colorful World for Everyone

Eyes are the most important sense organs which allow us to view this colorful world. We use our eyes to distinguish different colors and lights, change these visions and images into neural signals and finally transmit them to brain. A saying that “eyes are the soul windows” obviously reveals the importance of eyes. However, people will not notice the importance of eyes until one day they loss the vision. Eyes are quite vulnerable to many disorders like dryness, itching, pink eye, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, hypermetropia and etc. Most people will experience at least one of them during their life or get other temporary eye problems from time to time. Most of this eye disorders are short-lived will probably go away on their own. However, those eye problems that last for more than a couple of days will develop to serious eye disorders if left untreated. There are314 million people are visually impaired among which 45 million are blind, 124 million have low vision and 145 million have uncorrected refractive errors worldwide and every 5 seconds one person goes blind in the world. Increasing numbers of people are at risk of age-related visual impairment as the global population grows and demographics shift to a higher proportion of older people, even in developing countries.
The Structure of Eye
The white part of the eye is the sclera maintaining the shape of the globe, offering resistance to internal and external forces. The cornea refracting light is the transparent front part of the eye covering the black circle (pupil) permitting light to enter the retina and colored ring (iris) which is responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupils and the amount of light reaching the pupil. Together with the cornea, the lens refracts and focuses light on the retina, accounting for approximately two-thirds of the eye’s total optical power. The retina forms the image which will be sent to the brain by the optic nerves.

Myopia & Hyperopia
(Nearsightedness and farsightedness)

• Myopia which often happens to young people is a medical condition that collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina and those with myopia see near objects clearly but far away objects appear blurred. Excessive near sight work like prolonged reading and sitting in front of a computer screen is the main cause for myopia, though heredity also plays an important role.
• Hyperopia means that the image is focused behind the retina and it often occurs to the elderly. Common signs of farsightedness include difficulty in concentrating and maintaining a clear focus on near objects rather than far objects, eye strain, fatigue and/or headaches after close work. Hyperopia is typically caused by genes.What is cataract?
  A cataract is a clouding of the lens or its envelop in the eye that affects vision, varying degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing from passage of light. Most cataracts are related to aging and they are very common in older people. Cataracts typically progress slowly to cause vision loss and they are potentially blinding if untreated. The condition usually affects both eyes; the other eye will be gradually affected. Age-related cataract is responsible is responsible for 48% of world blindness, which represents about 18million people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness.
  What causes cataracts?
  The lens of our eyes works muck like a camera lens which focuses light onto the retina, where the light is changed into nerve signals and sent to the brain the lens is made of mostly water protein keeping the lens clear and letting light pass through it. However, as we age, the protein will jump together, making the lens cloudy and thus form a cataract which will grow larger and affect your vision. Long-term exposure to ultraviolet light and radiation, diabetes, hypertension and advanced age, eye trauma and genes, which eventually lead to free radical damage, are responsible for cataracts.
  Diabetes & Eye Disorders
  People with diabetes get eye problems at an earlier age and the condition progresses more rapidly than in those without diabetes, though eye disorders can happen to everyone. High blood sugar (glucose) either caused by insufficient insulin secretion or insulin resistance will lead to many complications like cardio-cerebralvascular disease, nerve damage, kidney disease, eye disease and etc. Diabetic eye problem is the most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in adult age 20 to 74. Diabetes can hurt four parts of your eyes- the lens, optic nerve, vitreous and retina due to the damage of tiny blood vessels by high blood sugar and high blood pressure. It causes the lens of the eye to swell, increases intraocular pressure and affects the transmission of the optic nerve, which changes your ability to see. As the passage of time, more and more serious eye diseases will occur. These diseases include damage to the blood vessels in the retina, diabetes induced cataract and glaucoma.
  
  How can you protect your eyes?
  
  • Check your eyes regularly and take essential measures to prevent serious eye problems.
  • Avoid intense light. The human eye is sensitive to strong light which damages the retina and can even blind the individual. Wearing sunglasses is the most common form of eye protection against intense light – UV rays from the sun and help increase visibility in bright conditions.
  • Don’t read in the sun or in a poor light; don’t read in bed or in a moving bus. And when you read you should keep the book away from your eyes for about a foot. Take a break after every few minutes (5mins to 15mins) reading or concentration. Look at distant things to relax your eyes.
  • Increase intake of vitamin-A diet like animal liver, carrot, sweet potato, mango as well as green, leafy vegetables (which are a great source of the carotenoid lutein). Vitamin A can prevent night blindness, macular degeneration, and cataracts, alleviate eye dryness and swollen eyelids. Vitamin A deficiency is one of the leading causes of blindness in developing countries.
  • Take regular physical exercise which is particularly vital for those with diabetes. It helps to increase glucose uptake by the muscles, enhance the ability to store glucose. Control your blood sugar and blood pressure by regulating your life style and taking medicine and thus reduce the risk of diabetic eye complications.
  
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      Eli Adamu

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      Abuja