Thursday, March 10, 2011

Eye care tips

Eye is a very delicate part of our body. Eyes are our first connection to the external world. Eye being delicate part need to be taken care of, you need to remember that your eye will also age with you and if not taken care of properly it may lead to eye problems. Here are certain tips to cool down your strained eye.

• Take rose water and add 2 drops of castor oil to it. Soak a small cotton pad in this and place it in your eye for 15 min, this will help soothe down eye burns.

• Dip cotton pads soaked in cold tea solution for 60 mins, and then place them in your eyelids for 20 mins. This will help your eyes to cool down.

• If your work involves looking on the computer monitor for a long time, then make sure you blink several times, and at frequent interval of 2-3 min, look away from computer screen. This will help better focus.

• Simplest method is to rub your palms together and then place it on your eyelids, this will soothe the eye.

• Make sure you have an anti-glare screen fixed in your monitor screen to reduce the strain to eyes.

• Dark circles can be one method for your eyes to tell you that it is tired, place a piece of cucumber on your eyelids for 20 mins, this will help cool down your eyes.

• For puffy eyes, you can use used tea bags after cooling it. Place this on your eyes this will reduce puffiness.

• Visit an ophthalmologist at least once in a year, it can’t cost you much.

• While driving bike, make sure you wear a sunglass, this will protect eye from sun and also dust.

• Don’t rub your eyes, even if there is some irritation splash plenty of water into your eyes, rubbing will further strain your eyes.

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