Please follow the following instructions to keep your eyes and vision healthy for the rest of your life.

Perform regularly  (once a year) a full ophthalmological exam with  μυδριασμένες pupils. It might seem that your vision is  normal or thar your eyes are healthy, but only a visit to your ophthalmologist for a full ophthalmological examination, which will include βυθοσκόπηση με μυδρίαση will make sure that all are as they should be. As far as the regular ophthalmological problems, many people do not realize that  their eyesight will improve by wearing glasses or by using contact lenses. In addition, some usual ophthlmologiacal diseases like glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and degeneration of the macula due to age often have no warning symptoms.  Η βυθοσκόπηση κατόπιν μυδριάσεως  is the only way to diagnose these diseases at an early stage.
Your family’s medical history concerning ophthlmological diseases is important. For this reason you must ask relatives, parents etc about their ophthalmological history. It is important to know if someone has been diagnosed with a specific ophthalmological disease, as most of them have hereditary component.

Healthy food is important for your eyes’ health. We all know, for example, that carrots are good for the eyes. However a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, espsecially dark leafed vegetables, is equally important in keeping your eyesight healthy. Also research indicates that eyesight health benefits from a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, found, for example, in fatty fish like tuna or salmon.

Keep a healthy body weight. Being overweight or, worse, obese increases the possibility of diabetes and other systemic diseases which lead to vision loss because of glaucoma or  diabetic retinopathy.

Quit smoking, or, even better, never start. Smoking is bad for your eyes as it is for the rest of your body. Research connects smoking with increased probability for developing age related degeneration of the macula, cataract and damage of the optical nerve, diseases that can cause blindness.
Wear sunglasses. Sunglasses are an important  fashion accessory but their most important role is to protect your eyesight from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. When buying sunglasses you must choose 99% to 100%. Όταν πρόκειται να αγοράσετε γυαλιά ηλίου, να επιλέγετε αυτά που μπλοκάρουν το 99% με 100 % of UV-A and UV-B radiation. Nowadays we have the choice of sunglasses with lenses that offer additional protection and crustal clear vision. Ask for polarizing sunglasses and/or lenses that, apart from the UV radiation, also block part of the blue light from the visible spectrum. Long term exposure to this radiation is an environmental factor in developing degenerative diseases of the retina.

Give your eyes a rest. If you  spent a of lot time in front of the PC screen or if you keep your eyes  focused for long periods of time you may forget to blink your eyes often enough  resuliting in eye fatigue. Try the 20-20 rule: every 20 minutes make sure you look at a distance of about 6 metres for about 20 seconds. This simple method can reduce the feeling of eye strain. Even for these cases there exist specialized glasses help a lot with eye strain and, also, protect from the inense light emitted from modern screens in  mobiles, tablets etc.

You must carefully clean your hands and contact lenses. To avoid infection you muist always carefully wash your hands before putting on or removing your contact lenses. Make sure that you keep the correct procedure  during putting or removing the contact lenses from their carrying case. You must change their case once a month. Στη συγκεκριμένη χρονική περίοδο θα πρέπει να είμαστε ακόμα πιο προσεκτικοί και επιμελής σε θέματα υγιεινής.