Do you suffer from obstructive sleep apnea? This is a condition where muscles in the airway relax during sleep and keep you from breathing, often for a few minutes at a time. Symptoms include loud snoring, gasping for air, feeling sleepy during the day and waking up with a headache. If you are aware that you have sleep apnea, you are likely cautious of other health conditions it may lead to such as high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. But did you know that if you have sleep apnea, you are also at a significant increased risk for developing glaucoma?
Seeing double doesn’t always stem from a mimosa brunch or a Friday happy hour. This short-term double vision is usually not any cause for worry. There are other more serious instances where double vision, or diplopia, is sudden or long-lasting. Double vision can be present as a condition of its own or a cause of an underlying health issue such as a stroke, head injury, eye problems like cataracts and keratoconus, or cranial nerve palsies. Each of these conditions requires serious, immediate attention. Never ignore the sudden change of vision.
Cleaning your glasses can feel like a hassle, but properly cleaning lenses and frames will prolong the life of your glasses. When cleaning your glasses, you’ll want to be sure to take the following steps
UV are ultraviolet light rays from the sun that are damaging to the skin and eyes over time. There are different types of UV rays, including UVB rays which make up 5% of the sun’s rays. The best UV protection is a rating of UV 400, which blocks 99% to 100% of UVB rays. Then, there are UVA rays that make up 95% of the sun’s rays. These are more damaging and penetrate deep into the skin. UV protected lenses block wavelengths up to 400 nanometers and block 75% to 90% of visible light from the sun. UV protection is important because it reduces the risks of macular degeneration – which affects central vision, cataracts – cloudiness in the clear lens of the eye, and photokeratitis – exposure to ultraviolet rays that damage the cornea. Sunlight exposure throughout your lifetime is inevitable, so it’s important to know how polarized and UV differ in protecting your vision.
