Keeping Your Eyes Healthy in the New Year With Help From Your Clarksville & Elkton Optometrists

Keeping your eyes healthy and maintaining clear vision is important for functioning in the modern world. At Sites Vision Clinic, we help our patients take care of their eyes by administering comprehensive eye exams and giving advice for eye care.

2017 Eye Care Tips From Your Clarksville & Elkton Optometrists

• Wear sunglasses when outdoors. Sunglasses can protect your eyes from damaging light from the sun. Wearing your sunglasses outdoors, even at times of the year when the sun is less intense, can help you avoid conditions like cataracts. As your Clarksville eye doctor, we provide prescription and non-prescription sunglasses that can protect the eyes from UV rays.

• Stop smoking. Smoking can put you at higher risk for a variety of eye diseases, including macular degeneration. Smoking also exacerbates dry eye, leading to itchy, uncomfortable eyes. Luckily, stopping your habit at any age can reduce your risk for macular degeneration and help you keep your eyes healthy in the New Year. If you're a smoker, 2017 is a great time to stop!

• Resolve to take better care of your contacts. Unless you have a special kind of contact lenses, your contacts should be taken out every night for cleaning and to give your eyes a rest. Leaving your contacts in can increase your risk of infection. If you're a contact lens wearer who leaves contacts in overnight, change your habits in 2017 to protect your eyes and help ensure their good health.

• Get a regular eye exam. Whether you wear eyeglasses, contact lenses or have no prescription, you should see your eye doctor at least once a year for a comprehensive eye exam. Eye exams can catch eye diseases in their early stages and detect changes in refractive error.

Contact Your Eye Doctor in Elkton or Clarksville

If you haven't scheduled an eye appointment for the new year, contact your Elkton or Clarksville eye doctor today. At Sites Vision Clinic, we can help you get the care you need to keep your eyes healthy.