Tips for Healthy Aging
September is National Healthy Aging Month an effort to recognize aging adults. The Healthy Aging® organization was created over 25 years ago to draw attention to the importance of healthy lifestyles for adults, 45-plus. With proper diet and exercise and regular health screenings, each generation is proving that many older adults are vibrant, passionate, and not the image of old age at all. From the Greatest Generation (those now over 93), the Silent Generation (those between 75 and 92), and Baby Boomers (56 to 74) to Gen-Xers (40 to… Continue reading
Night Driving Safety Tips
Night driving hazards. Did you know according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NTSA) road fatalities triple during the night? Because you see less road ahead, there is less time to stop.
Night vision is the ability to see well in low-light conditions. As we age, we have greater difficulty seeing at night. Did you know that 9 of every 10 decisions you make behind the wheel are based on what you see? A 50-year-old driver may need twice as much light to see as well… Continue reading
Technology and Blue Light Overload
Do you find yourself spending more time in front of your computer? Working from home, remote learning for your kids, texting, social media, TV – we never seem to be able to take a break from technology. All that blue light can cause a number of symptoms. The artificial blue light emitted from our smart devices is high-energy and can have some long term effects on our vision.
Blue light is all around us, there are both natural blue light and artificial blue light. Natural blue… Continue reading
Back to School Eye Exams
As the 2020–2021 school year begins parents and school districts alike are making decisions on in-person, hybrid, or remote learning. Regardless of how your children will be learning, this is a great time to schedule your kids’ annual eye exams.
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety month. As a good rule of thumb, you should have your children’s eye examined by an eye care professional during their well visits starting around the age of three and also before the start of each school year. If your… Continue reading
Color Blindness Affects Learning
As toddlers grow, some of the first things they learn are colors and shapes. When you think about early children’s games such as Candyland, Go Fish, and Uno – they all depend on recognizing colors. Children that have color blindness will have trouble distinguishing between colors, or not be able to recognize color at all. Color vision deficiency, or color blindness, is a hereditary trait that has a 50% chance to be genetically passed down.
As children enter school the problem continues as most grade schools focus… Continue reading
Dry Eyes
Our bodies produce tears to keep our eyes lubricated, and to help remove any foreign bodies. But when the body doesn’t produce enough tears or tear drainage is affected, the result is dry eyes. Dry eyes can be troublesome and irritating. Thankfully, this condition can usually be treated quickly and effectively.
Tears are a mixture of oils, water, mucus, antibodies, and protein that form to keep your eyes comfortable. Watery eyes are characterized by an excess of tears, which can give the eyes a glassy look, and may result… Continue reading
Fireworks Eye Safety
With the changes in outdoor gatherings this year, many large fireworks displays have been cancelled. So that leaves families bringing the fireworks celebrations closer to home releasing fireworks in their own backyards. Each year, thousands of people are injured by fireworks in June and July and almost half of those injured are children and teenagers. Over a thousand of those are eye injuries.
There are certain precautions you can take to prevent eye injury or at least decrease the risk. Even when using sparklers, make sure that… Continue reading
Cataract Awareness – Know the Facts
June is Cataract Awareness Month. Most people will develop a cataract at some point in their life. Cataracts are the leading cause of vision impairment of loss in this country. Did you know by the age of 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery?
What happens when you have a cataract?
Cataracts are a clouding of the lens of the eye, which prevents the passage of light into the eye. Seeing with cataracts is like looking through a frosty or… Continue reading
Bissell Eyecare Operations Update
As businesses begin to reopen, Bissell Eye Care will be following the CDC and State Health Guidelines as it pertains to generalized non-emergent eyecare. Our staff will be reaching out to reschedule annual eye exams and follow-up care. As of May 18, 2020, we are not permitted to do contact fits on patients who have never previously worn them, but can continue all other contact lens services. This may change at any time, so we will continue to keep everyone updated on the latest information provided to us by the… Continue reading
New Technology for Bifocal Contact Lenses
Bifocal contact lenses have been around for many years, but until recently they weren’t very popular. Today, new technology has produced more successful and a greater variety of designs. So if one design or brand doesn’t work for you, another might.
Often after the age of 40 people develop presbyopia, a condition that affects our ability to focus on objects that are near. Think about it. Do you have a separate pair of glasses for reading? Or do you need to wear bifocals to see both… Continue reading