Parents are always told to eat the carrots to a healthy eye, there is also a carrot to eat a lot every day in order to avoid a negative. Some believe that eating or drinking carrot juice can normalize minus eye. Is it true that all belief? Then how do we maintain eye health? The following simple tips.
Overall eye function was as senses of sight that receive light stimuli on the retina, through optic nerve fibers, delivers stimulation to the center of vision in the brain for interpretation.
It's no secret indeed of vitamin A is an important factor for the state of our eyes. As our parents always encouraged to consume a lot of carrots which is famous for its vitamin A content. Because vitamin A deficiency can cause a range of eye disorders, one night blindness. "Vitamin A provides energy and ensure better cell regeneration," explains dr. Ria Sylvia Sp.M, ophthalmologist from the Eye Hospital eHealth Team Undaan moment met on the sidelines of preoccupations.
However, dr. Ria - friendly greetings dr. Ria Sylivia - explain that vitamin A is not the answer for patients with nearsightedness (minus) or farsighted (plus) to be cured, like a lot of myths that are spread in the community. Vitamin A deficiency causes abnormalities are also not being able to see it, ie, nearsightedness and farsightedness. 'Once there was never a big event that many people experience nearsightedness because less consumption of vitamin A, and then after they consume foods containing vitamin A in their eyes gradually recover,' said the doctor was a graduate of the University of Airlangga. "Therefore stigmanya, if the vision began to clear, then direct people identical to the carrot," he added with a smile.
For farsightedness abnormality or any distance, the eye due to anatomical abnormalities, or genetic. He then explained that the current games for the kids in circulation is a game that has many small details that demand more eye accommodation, such as for example a computer that has a lot of detail paper, white board markers sometimes have made too thin.
Airlangga University School of Medicine alumnus is continued that if the distinguished children's games that the majority of ancient wooden outdoor and have a size too big so not requiring excessive eye accommodation. Because if excessive eye accommodation, rapid muscle fatigue and eventually complained dizziness.
He is appealing, especially for parents who have children still of school age children, to be more aware and alert to the unusual habits of children. As an example:
1. Watching TV too close
2. The position of the child when she saw, first of all look up and then tilt the head too much to the left or right, or too looked down and also look up
3. Declining achievement
It is possible that some traits are the traits of your child's eyes is not normal, the doctor was called home to parents to check their children's eye conditions to the eye doctor. "When children do not complain about things too can be compared to adults, so parents should be more aware," said dr. Ria.
While the function of the eye itself down by itself at the age of 40 years and over due process of degeneration. "So in fact you use glasses only if the activities require us to see the detail, the goggles need, just adjusted to the circumstances," said this mother of three children. He cited that the elderly have generally now devouring the newspaper every morning and demanding more accommodation so that the eyes require glasses to help see more clearly.
When asked how to maintain eye health, he then explained that the eyes are healthy physically healthy is not necessarily a function. "People's eyes were minus physically fine, but its function is less," he explained. So if to keep the eyes healthy physically, then:
1. Keep your eye hygiene, such as for example cleaning up after the eye that often arise in the morning. This is a dirt eyes the tears dried up.
2. For those of you who use the contact lens, keep it clean to avoid irritation
3. Avoid trauma to the eye, such as for example to avoid places that are too dusty or use eye protection when going somewhere dusty.
4. Keep your nutrition or food intake so as to ensure good cell regeneration.
5. Do not forget to conduct routine screening, for children over six months, while for the old age state of the eyes examined at least one year-two years.