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Al2-The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 13, 2004

B.C. optometrists confirm or 8.
‘debunk common eye : health belies
‘October *

_- While.. ‘some old’ wives: tales”
about eye. health: can help. save.

Vancouver,

your eyesight,

it. in jeopardy, says. “the B.C.
Association: of Optometrists.:In |
recognition ofEye Health Month,
optometrists from: ‘around the.
province. ‘examine 10° ‘common.
eye health beliefs. es 3

i. Sitting too slave to the ry
will ruin your eyes:
Facts: While’ there’.are ‘no.
-conclusive ‘studies onTV. and .
vision, studies on computer use:

and vision are raising concerns,’ .
When you need to wear glasses

TVs are a lot like computer

" monitors. More than 50°:per.

cent of computer users suffer

from computer vision syndrome. .

Computer. vision syndrome is’

‘caused by prolonged’ viewing .

at close distances, during which: :
the eye’s. focusing. mechanism
is trying to’ compensate: for a.

pixilated image, which .is not :

evertrulysharp. Besides fatigue
eyestrain. and. headaches, there .
is evidence that: - “eomputer

Users, have an’ “increased Tale.
in the progression -of myopia -
_ (nearsightedness) then: ‘WON:
“computer. users,

Childrén should sit. at la

; ‘children routinely pit ‘close: to

the télevision, it may be a sign:

that he or she needy elasten 7 -

“carrola “will.
improve your eyesight, ° - eee
Facts: While eating ‘carrots

* doesn't reduce one’s: need for’

glasses or produce short-term -

' benefits, a diet. rich in’ carrats””
~ and other vegetables: is great “.

for. the long-term health of your
eyes, says Dr, Paul Geneau, a an.

optometrist from Nanaimo. : oe le

- 4. A welding flash can 5 fe a

contact lens.to thé eye.

Facts. “This. urban: ‘ayth
~ surfaced about'"20 years: Ag:

‘andis totally false” *. |

“Contacts cannot: focus any

light onto the cornea, Plus, the:
“heat from a. welding’ flash is.
‘not powerful. ‘enough’ to: weld. °
a wet. contact lens: onto’ a wet. -
“ cornea.covered by a.wét film af. -
tears,” says Dr. Giovanni Cinel «
from. Kamloops. “The -heat: or’
radiation: réquited’ to~fuse: a~

-contact to the eye would have to

beso inténseyou likely wouldn't“
have aface left to allow you to.
worry about the condition of.
your eye.”

4 Reading in Tow igh en
ruin your eyes, - wae

Faeta: ‘For: certain ‘low hy nt

~ takes ‘it- difficult for the eyes

to focus .; and, ‘consequently,
causes eye fatigue. There’ ig *
‘some. evidence “that - reading’

in. low, light. inéreases' the-rate

at’ which. ~ nearsightedness. *
progresses, Light levels have to -
be sufficient-to.allow sustained’ ©
accurate focusing needed for,
reading and other close Work,

bi Wearing | glasses ‘can,
weaken your eyesight, * .
Facts: Wearing glasses, doesn't

weaken your eyes: Conversely:
for most people, the only.thing. - ,

that happens if they don't wear.”
their glasses is: they don't see...
aa well: An important exception’.
is if a child- needs ‘glasses or -

a patch to :help. strengthen

the muscles and: tracking “i

"a weak or ““lazy”. eye,. says

Dr Michael ‘Dennis, -a- Prince; °
George optometrist, “Without ~:
early diagnosis to. treat.'the -

-eye through: ‘corrective lentes“
or a ale the wakes ee will.

see clearly," says Dennis:

: Nour optometrist will give-you

= only the sharpness: or ‘clarity

- “gee clearly -at’-20 - feet. what. .

id... Dr] Della. Chow, a. Vancouver . .
ir

~-in other important measures -

-. Awareness or side vision, ‘eye’
coordination, depth: perception,

“behind:your eye...

~~ eyeball, This layer - prevents’:

~~ the’ “lost” ‘lens--is-“folded: over:

John. Gentles, a Fort-St, ‘John

with their = andr remove it

OS eyeae
ale Wearing the’ wrong? =
“glasses: for’ ashort'time won't -

, strain, Prolonged wearing. of:

~ has’ nothing to-do with the ~s : as Me
~ health of your: eyes.” ‘You simply -
have’ variation - in. the. size,

a, Roplometnst. or ee doctor:

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- Facte:’ 20/20: vision’ indicates _

“of vision” at a. distance: AL
person.with 20/20. vision’ can:

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distanca,-A: person. with 20/40.
-vision can see clearly at 20 feet’
what: others’ normally can’ see.”
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aS Terrace Vision Core.
Or. Rebecca Counts

‘be better. or. wolte than 20/20, °
More important, ‘you-can have ~
“20/20 vision but have’ problems.

of. vision, including peripheral

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_ Facta:.There’s a layer of: tissu ;
that attaches thie eyelids to the.

__any:obf ect from getting behind.
“your eye, going into your brain.
and killing you: ‘Tn. imost cases,

OF. crumpled. under ‘the: ‘top.
: (Gr “-bottim): eyelid’ says Dr.

“optometrist. To rétrieve it, he. .
‘recommends:the ‘wearer’: look
-way down: low, pull-the-upper’
--Hid'up and the lens or atleast -
a-part of jt-should’ show,. The
© person:-can ask’ someone else
~to help remave-it; or feel for it

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