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Protect Your Eyes from Sports-Related Eye Injuries: Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month

4/27/2016

With more than 25,000 people being treated for sports-related eye injuries every year, most of which are preventable, understanding sports-related eye injuries and how to protect your eyes and those of your loved ones is important.

This April, in honor of Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month, we’re taking a deep dive into sports-related eye injuries and how to prevent them.

The first step is to understand where sports-related eye injuries occur. Of course, we think of eye injuries occurring in physical sports such as basketball, baseball, football, and soccer. But sports-related eye injuries are not limited to those. Here is a list from PreventBlindness.org of the top 22 sports that lead to eye injuries amongst individuals of all ages, including adults, some of which may surprise you:

Pregnancy & Your Vision: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

4/20/2016

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in the lives of many women, filled with excitement, expectation, and preparation. It is also a time of great change in a woman’s body. Pregnancy brings with it rising hormones, which can affect an expectant mother’s health, including eye health, and cause vision changes.

Most conditions that cause changes in vision are temporary and return to normal after delivery. However, soon-to-be mothers should be aware of vision changes during pregnancy, know what symptoms indicate a more serious eye problem, and when to see an eye doctor. That is the subject of this post in our Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month blog series.

20 Steps You Can Take to Maintain Healthy Vision: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

4/13/2016

In our first blog post celebrating Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month, we looked at eye conditions that commonly affect women and the reasons behind prevalence of eye disease and vision loss in women. In this post, we identify 20 ways women can address their eye health and vision proactively.

Understanding Women’s Eye Health: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

4/6/2016

According to SeeJaneSee.org, a PreventBlindness.org website dedicated to women’s eye health, women are two-thirds more likely to suffer from vision problems and blindness than men. That women are 66% more likely to incur blindness is a startling fact for many. But there’s good news. Many of these vision problems can be prevented, lessened, and treated. The first step is awareness. That’s why we’re focusing on the many aspects of women’s eye health this April for Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month.

Protect Your Eyes from Sports-Related Eye Injuries: Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month

Pregnancy & Your Vision: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

20 Steps You Can Take to Maintain Healthy Vision: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

Understanding Women’s Eye Health: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

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Protect Your Eyes from Sports-Related Eye Injuries: Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month

20 Steps You Can Take to Maintain Healthy Vision: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month

Understanding Women’s Eye Health: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month