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Don't Leave Retinal Detachment Untreated

Don't Leave Retinal Detachment Untreated

Retinal detachment is a serious medical emergency. It happens when the retina (the light-sensitive tissue at the back of your eye) separates from its underlying supportive tissue. Without prompt treatment, retinal detachment can lead to permanent vision loss. Understanding the warning signs can help you seek immediate care and preserve your sight. The Most Common Warning Signs The symptoms of retinal detachment often appear suddenly and should never be ignored. One of the earliest and most frequ

How Our Eyes Age?

How Our Eyes Age?

Our bodies undergo countless changes over time, and our eyes are no exception. Understanding the aging process of our visual system is crucial for maintaining optimal eye health and adapting to the inevitable changes that come with time. The Natural Timeline of Eye Changes Eye aging begins earlier than most people realize. Starting in our late 30s and early 40s, the lens inside our eye gradually loses its flexibility, making it harder to focus on close objects. This condition, known as presbyopi

How Does UV Light Affect Our Eyes?

How Does UV Light Affect Our Eyes?

UV radiation from sunlight can damage your eyes by causing various issues including cataracts, macular degeneration, pterygium (surfer's eye), and even skin cancers on the eyelids, primarily through long-term exposure which modifies lens proteins and can lead to impaired vision; immediate effects like photokeratitis (sunburn of the eye) can also occur with high levels of UV exposure.

Should I get Bifocals or Progressives lenses?

Should I get Bifocals or Progressives lenses?

Generally, progressive lenses are considered better than bifocals because they offer a smoother transition between near, intermediate, and far vision without a visible line, making for a more natural viewing experience, while bifocals only provide distinct near and far vision zones separated by a noticeable line; however, the best choice depends on your individual needs and lifestyle.

The Connection Between Eyes and Sleep

The Connection Between Eyes and Sleep

Achieving adequate sleep is essential for overall and ocular health, and interestingly, the relationship is reciprocal. By managing what we expose our eyes to before bedtime, we can enhance the quality of our sleep.

UV protection, Comfort... Learn how to pick the best eyewear for your outdoor activities

UV protection, Comfort... Learn how to pick the best eyewear for your outdoor activities

UV Rays aren’t just dangerous for your skin, but can also cause irreparable damage to the eyes. Some risks include eye cancer, sunburned eyes (ouch), cataracts, and growths on or near the eyes. Try to avoid being in direct sunlight for extended periods of time by getting UV protection in your glasses! Remember that your eye wear should be chosen based on your activity.

Preventing Sports Eye Injuries

Preventing Sports Eye Injuries

Most eye injuries are entirely preventable.This includes those sustained during athletic activities. While eye protection is commonly associated with professions like welding, construction, or laboratory work, it's equally crucial for athletes. Proper eye protection could prevent eye injuries reported annually in sports. Let’s explore how simple measures can safeguard your eyesight on the field, court, or track.

Eyes and Sleep: A Two-Way Link

Eyes and Sleep: A Two-Way Link

For the sake of both our overall health and our eye health, we need to be getting plenty of sleep, but it's actually a two-way street. If we are more careful about what we put in front of our eyes before bedtime, we can often improve the quality of the sleep we get.

Pros and Cons of Progressive Lenses

Pros and Cons of Progressive Lenses

Your eyes change as you age. When you reach your 40s, don't be surprised if it becomes difficult to adjust your focus between a book, a website on a computer screen and the conference room whiteboard. Progressive lenses are growing in popularity among people who need help seeing near, far and in-between.

Color Blindness

Color Blindness

If you have color blindness (color vision deficiency), it means you see colors differently than most people. Most of the time, color vision deficiency makes it hard to tell the difference between certain colors.

Aging and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

Aging and Eye Health: What You Need to Know

As we age, our vision can undergo significant changes, ranging from the subtle to the sight-threatening. Early detection of age-related vision issues is crucial for effective management, which is why we urge our older patients to make regular eye exams a top priority. While aging may bring about benign visual adjustments, it can also present more concerning challenges.

How Stress Affects Your Vision

How Stress Affects Your Vision

Anxiety And Stress Can Be Detrimental To Your Eye Health. Chronic stress can lead to a build up of pressure inside your eyes and put you at risk of optic nerve damage and glaucoma. Also, If you have been feeling extra stressed lately, you may have noticed Blurry vision, Sensitivity to bright light, Eye twitching, Dry eye, Excessive tearing, Headaches, Eye strain and Eye floaters.

Your Eyes and Underwater Activities

Your Eyes and Underwater Activities

Not much can ruin your fun summer day as much as an eye injury or infection. Follow these tips to protect your eyes while you enjoy time in the pool, river, lake, ocean, slip’n slide, or water park water..

Protecting your eyes at work

Protecting your eyes at work

Eye injuries in the workplace are very common. However, safety experts and eye doctors believe the right eye protection can lessen the severity or even prevent 90% of these eye injuries.

AMD & LOW VISION

AMD & LOW VISION

February is AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month! Macular degeneration is a condition that causes the center of your vision to blur while the side or peripheral vision remains unaffected. It is generally related to the aging process, and is also commonly referred to as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It is the leading cause of blindness in in adults over the age of 55.

How to make the internet easier to navigate with impaired vision

How to make the internet easier to navigate with impaired vision

Worldwide, a quarter-billion people are thought to be affected by blindness or moderate-to-severe vision impairment. For these millions of people, using the internet is often no less important than it would be for someone with full vision. But browsing the internet with impaired vision can be a frustrating experience. Fortunately there are ways to make web there are ways to make web browsing easier for people with impaired vision.

BACK TO SCHOOL EYE EXAM

BACK TO SCHOOL EYE EXAM

Children are not always able to recognize they may be experiencing blurry vision at distance or trouble focusing at near. They may just accept this as their baseline. Did you know that 1 out of 4 school age children suffer from some type of uncorrected vision problem?

What are Cataracts?

What are Cataracts?

Cataracts are the clouding of the lens of your eye, which is normally clear. Most cataracts develop slowly over time, causing symptoms such as blurry vision. Cataracts can be surgically removed through an outpatient procedure that restores vision in nearly everyone. Most cataracts develop when aging or injury changes the tissue that makes up your eye's lens. Some inherited genetic disorders that cause other health problems can increase your risk of cataracts.

Refractive Errors

Refractive Errors

Refractive errors are a type of vision problem that makes it hard to see clearly. They happen when the shape of your eye keeps light from focusing correctly on your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye). Refractive errors are the most common type of vision problem. Many people have a refractive error — but many don’t know that they could be seeing better. That’s why eye exams are so important.

How stress can affect your vision

How stress can affect your vision

Your blurry vision, eye twitching, headaches and watery or dry eyes may be caused by stress. Other stress-inducing vision issues include dizziness, eye strain, sensitivity to light, eye floaters and eye spasms.

Ultraviolet Radiation & Your Eyes.

Ultraviolet Radiation & Your Eyes.

Contacts with built-in UV protection aren’t enough to keep your eyes safe in the sun. Here’s why. If you wear contact lenses, you might feel reassured by their UV protection (if they have it). But while UV-blocking contact lenses provide good protection to the insides of the eyes, it's also important to look after the outsides of the eyes and eyelids too. In fact, our eyes are ten times more sensitive to UV than our skin, but only 7% of the population are aware of the risks to their eyes..

What is Low Vision?

What is Low Vision?

Low vision is a vision problem that makes it hard to do everyday activities. It can’t be fixed with glasses, contact lenses, or other standard treatments like medicine or surgery. You may have low vision if you can’t see well enough to do things like: Read, Drive, Recognize people’s faces, Tell colors apart, See your television or computer screen clearly.

School-Aged Vision: 6 to 18 Years of Age

School-Aged Vision: 6 to 18 Years of Age

A child needs many abilities to succeed in school and good vision is key. Reading, writing, chalkboard work and using computers are among the visual tasks students perform daily. A child's eyes are constantly in use in the classroom and at play. When his or her vision is not functioning properly, education and participation in sports can suffer. A comprehensive eye examination is as essential for back-to-school success as supplies for learning.

Sun Protection & your Eyes during Summer

Sun Protection & your Eyes during Summer

Eye experts are always reminding us of the importance of protecting our eyes from the sun even before summer arrives. Especially from the harmful UV rays emitted from the sun that can cause significant damage to your eyesight. Pterygium, cataracts, photokeratitis, pinguecula, and macular degeneration are the most common eye disorders that develop from excessive sun exposure. Summer is coming and here are the ways you could protect your eyes from sun damage even before you have fun in the sun.

Coronavirus And Your Eyes: What You Need To Know

Coronavirus And Your Eyes: What You Need To Know

Our eyes may play an important role in the spread and prevention of the new coronavirus outbreak seen throughout the world, eye doctors and health experts say. To cut your personal risk of contracting the new coronavirus, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands. It is the mucous membranes (membranes that line various cavities in the body) that are most susceptible to transmission of the virus.

Visible light is much more complex than you might think.

Visible light is much more complex than you might think.

Stepping outdoors into sunlight; flipping on a wall switch indoors; turning on your computer, phone or other digital device — all of these things result in your eyes being exposed to a variety of visible (and sometimes invisible) light rays that can have a range of effects. Well, as you know, we are all about eye health here at Rouhani Opticals. That’s why we wanted to talk about Visible light, as it is much more complex than you might think.

Safety Glasses: Protecting Your Eyes At Work

Safety Glasses: Protecting Your Eyes At Work

You should wear safety eyewear because they are the best defense against eye injuries. They protect your eyes from a myriad of potential hazards at work, home and outdoors. Comprehensively, safety eyewear saves businesses and workers a tremendous amount of time and money. Also, wearing safety eyewear can have a significant impact on overall, long-term eye health. When buying a new pair of safety glasses, make sure that you can see the safety eye standards on the eyewear.