Congratulations on getting your first contact lens! If you’re like most people, you’ll probably spend the first few days marveling at small visual details that you never noticed before—like dew on the grass and small specks of color on bright green leaves. It’s a very exciting time but, as with anything new, it might be a little scary too. After all, contact lenses are high-tech medical devices and your vision is one of your most valued senses. As such, it’s important to make good choices so you stay comfortable, happy, and safe. Here are five tips designed to put you...
Eye Health Tips
Protecting Your Eyes from Digital Strain
Many who have to rely heavily on digital devices for work have felt the discomfort of digital eye strain. Even if you’re on a device for social or entertainment reasons rather than professional ones, you might be familiar with this problem too. It only takes two hours of screen time per day to give us a 90% chance of developing digital eye strain, and in this technological age, it’s no wonder ten million people a year are seeing eye doctors for it. Symptoms of Digital Eye Strain With something this common, it’s important to be able to recognize the symptoms so that...
Be Eye Smart this Back-to-School Season
As kids head back to school this fall via virtual learning or in-person, Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute wants to remind parents about the importance of maintaining healthy vision in helping children achieve educational success. Whether kids are using iPads, laptops, reading books, or viewing whiteboards, ensuring their eyes are functioning and growing as they are supposed to be, is vital to their development and overall health. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the vision system is not yet fully formed in babies and young children. Therefore early detection of treatable eye disease in infancy and childhood can have far-reaching...