Protective glasses can save your vision. Ask about polycarbonate lens material for your protective eyewear. Healthy lifestyle activities also benefit your eyes. Vitamin C appears to provide some protection against cataracts. Regular exercise has been shown to be useful in lowering intraocular pressure in glaucoma.
Contact lenses are better than ever before.
Dr. Cornell's office provides a full range of contact lens options through Yvonne Chen, O.D., a licensed optometrist, who can provide you with comprehensive contact lens options including fitting of soft daily disposable contact lenses for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, two week disposable contact lenses, rigid gas permeable contact lenses and other specialty lenses. Remember that cleanliness in handling your contact lenses is critical to your eye safety. If you have a red or painful eye or discharge, you must remove your contact lenses immediately and if the redness, pain or discharge persists for more than a few hours, you need to see your eye care provider immediately to be sure that you do not have a corneal ulcer. This dangerous infection of the cornea can lead to a permanent scar and is more common in people wearing extended wear lenses who are leaving their contact lenses in the eye overnight. If you are over the age of forty, you may want to consider the option of monovision , where one eye is fit for distance and the other for reading.