Vision and Eye Health
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Astigmatism is a vision problem that affects many people. It is an ocular anomaly which derives from an irregular curvature of the cornea. The result is a distortion in vision. When someone has acute vision, they can distinguish objects in their environment easily. Astigmatism causes objects to be so distorted,...
For anyone who has to wear glasses when walking outside, a mask can be practically difficult to wear. To do its job, the mask has to stop certain particles passing through the material, but air will also be difficult to pass. For this reason, the air rises above the top of the mask and fogs up our glasses....
Temporary blindness is the condition in which a person experiences sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes. The distinction of temporary blindness is that it can be corrected to return to normal healthy vision. Perfect vision is 20/20 and legal blindness is declared if a person has less than 20/200 vision....
Those of us who have had a stye in their eye will know that having it return is one of the most irritating conditions. You have already put up with an often painful, increasingly itchy and usually unsightly sore on your eyelid. Since we blink around 28,000 times a day, having a stye on your eye means...
A stye is a pimple like bump on the eye caused by a bacterial infection due to staphylococcal bacteria. It usually occurs on the eyelid, or in the inner eye corner along the lash line. Most of the times, a stye goes away on its own within 2-3 days. It is mostly characterized by pain and swelling, soreness,...
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Natural ways to reduce eye swelling from sty include applying hot compresses and chamomile tea. If those methods do not work, a topical antibiotic will be necessary.
Although it may seem like they appear from nowhere, without any apparent cause, sties are actually due to a bacterial infection in the upper...
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Eye congestion or red eyes is a condition that affects many people and can occur at any time, as it has a number of different causes, from coming into contact with external or environmental factors, eye strain, using contact lenses or more serious eye conditions that require medical treatment. In the...
Conjunctivitis is a common but nasty disorder of the eye that affects males and females of all age groups, especially young children. It happens when your eye’s outer layer covering the white part of the eye becomes inflamed. In this condition, the eye becomes red, itchy and swollen, and produces mucus that...
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Before you learn how to treat dry eyes you must know what it causes it. There are many causes of dry eyes: allergies, weather factors, continued use of contact lenses, menopause, etc. A dry eye may cause itching, redness, blurred vision, increased sensitivity to light or other very annoying ailments, making...
Most of the times, when you wear contact lenses, you only keep your contacts lens drops with you. You seldom think of carrying your eye drops too. But in some cases, your eyes may become too dry while wearing contact lenses, especially if you keep wearing your contact lenses for several hours continuously....
There may be times when you go for a night out at a friend’s place and you forget to bring your contact lens solution. Refilling the contact lens solution time and again also seems to be a difficult and expensive task. When you run short of contact lens solution, the first thing that comes to your mind...
Tired eyes is a condition that many people suffer from every day, especially those who have to spend several hours at the computer, reading, studying, etc. Doing these tasks for long periods can cause the eyes to get dehydrated leading to irritation and redness. Your appearance will suffer which can...
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Do you feel like your eyes become tired and sore throughout the day? This is a common symptom of people whose employment involves a lot of visual work, who manage to get little sleep or suffer from some type of vision problem. You should always visit an ophthalmologist at the first signs of eye strain. However,...
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Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency,is an eye disorder that makes it difficult to distinguish the primary colours blue, green and red. This visual impairment is inherited and often arises from a defective X chromosome transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy. For most people who...
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Dry eyes are caused by a shortage or lack of tears in the eye cavity. This can be further aggravated by certain daily activities, such as working in front of a computer screen, being exposed to dry air, allergies, use of contact lenses, or some medications.
These can cause what is known as "dry eye syndrome"...
Pink eye is another term used for the medical condition known as conjunctivitis that results in an inflamed and swollen eye. Conjunctivitis mustn’t be confused with the pink eye that often results from an environmental allergy. Both of these conditions share similar symptoms but often the causes and...
Most eye product manufacturers will specify that it is safe to wear contact lenses for up to 8 hours in a day. If you sleep with the same contact lenses that you have been wearing all day you will easily bypass the amount of time that it is recommended by experts. Forgetting to remove your contact lenses...
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One of the benefits of wearing contact lenses is that you can put them on just after you wake up and forget about them for the rest of the day. However, you still need to remember to remove your contact lenses before you go to sleep at the end of the day. While some people claim that they sleep with their...
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If you are still wearing glasses then you might be missing out on the benefits of wearing contact lenses. Glasses are bulky and will tend to fall off when exercising or as a result of sweating on those really hot days. However, learning to put on contact lenses effortlessly takes some practice. If you...
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A stye is a bacterial infection which causes the appearance of a painful lump on a lower or upper eyelid. It's not a serious condition, but is actually very common, especially in children although anyone can get one
Because it's a bacterial infection, certain measures can be taken into consideration...
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Eye health very important and special care sould be taken when using contact lenses. Unhygienic habits when when handling your contact lenses can result in eye infections and can lead to vision problems or can even cause cause injuries to your eyes. If your contact lenses are irritating or bothering you,...
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Eye contacts are a viable and preferred alternative to wearing glasses. They sit directly on the eye giving a wider range of vision and can be worn during physical activities without the risk of falling off or breaking. However, contacts impact the amount of oxygen reaching the eye, which can contribute...
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Do you have trouble reading small print? Do you have trouble seeing far-off objects? There are many signals that could mean you have vision problems and so it may be necessary to visit an ophthalmologist or an eye specialist. In many cases, these eye problems can be corrected through the use of glasses...
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Have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed you have a small red spot on your eyeball? Although at first glance this might seem somewhat disturbing, it is in fact a very common condition that usually goes away without treatment. There can be many reasons why these spots appear, the most common of...
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If you've noticed that your child has a small lump on their eyelid or around the eye area, on the top or bottom, it is very likely that they have a stye. Styes are normally caused by bacteria on the skin, such as staphylococcus, and it manifests causing swelling, discomfort, tearing and other symptoms....
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Eyes are a very sensitive area and are continually exposed to external agents making it easy for them to become infected, irritated and suffer other problems. We can feel pain in the eyes and not know exactly what this is happening. We must consider whether the pain occurs with other symptoms, such as...
A diet with considerable nutritional deficiencies, other than being harmful to the body in general terms, will also have very negative effects on eye health. The lack of certain vitamins and nutrients in the diet can increase the risk of eye diseases such as cataracts, macular degeneration, vision loss...
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The conjunctiva is the tissue over the eye that protects the eyeball from bacteria and infection. However, when this protective layer becomes inflamed or irritated, it leads to what is known as conjunctivitis. It may appear after contact with irritants such as smoke, pollution or dust or because some...
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Eye Pressure is caused by a build-up of eye fluid. This can be the trigger for a disease known as glaucoma. This condition causes a deterioration in nerve fibres of the eye, a situation that if not addressed early can lead to blindness. To avoid this it is recommendable to lower the eye pressure. This can...
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Having healthy eyesight and paying attention to eye health is essential to avoid certain vision problems or diseases such as cataracts or glaucoma as we age. That is why to prevent them from worsening prematurely, it is necessary to take some precautions that deal with, among other things, your diet and those...
Have you ever had a weekend away or stayed over at a friend's house and forgotten your contact lenses solution? Don't worry - you're not the first and probably not the last to do this! But what should you do when you have forgotten your contact lens solution and case and you're unable to get to an opticians...
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The tremor in one eye is something that has surely happened to you at some point, or more than once, generating an uncomfortable and annoying feeling. This should be no cause for worry because similarly to how the eye twitches suddenly start they also tend to stop. It may seem that there is no apparent...
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Styes are one of the most common eye infections caused by the inflammation of oil glands on the eyelid. One of the things that stand out with styes is that they are contagious, so when we have one we must take certain measures during the days a sty lasts. In this OneHowTo article we explain some tips...
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Do your eyes water constantly for no apparent reason? Has it becomes so annoying that it prevents you from carrying out your daily activities? The truth is that there are many possible causes of continuous tearing, so your best option is to visit the optometrist or eye specialist. Still, at OneHowTo we...
Wearing glasses or lenses is essential for the treatment of eye conditions and to correct vision problems that endanger our health. However, for glasses to serve and perform their functions properly it is essential that these are in good condition and that they have the type of specifically required...
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A stye is a bump in the eyelid which an be internal or external. The causes of a stye can be the inflammation of a sebaceous gland. This typically occurs by the proliferation of bacteria that results in an infection. Although not usually a serious condition, styes are quite annoying and are contagious. Therefore,...
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The swellings that sometimes appear on the upper or lower eyelids are known as styes. Some of these fatty lumps can be very uncomfortable and cause discomfort for the sufferer. Styes are contagious, so you should always try to avoid the infection and the spreading and understand how to cure it. To do...
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Almost everyone has had a stye at some point. It is a bacterial infection on the edge of the eyelid which manifests as swelling. As you know, the stye takes a few days to disappear. However, you can help eliminate a stye quickly if you follow certain tips from OneHowTo which we detail below. There are...
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