Summertime Tips for Ocular Roscacea
Those with ocular rosacea need to pay particular attention to eye care in the summertime.
Ways to protect you eyes include:
1) Sunglasses with UV blocking lenses can help shield eyes from UV rays in sunlight. However, even most sunglasses that offer UV protection block only about 50% of UV radiation – because sunlight also enters the eye from above and around the sunglasses. Good colors for sunglasses are gray, green or brown. Gray lenses do not distort primary colors so they are good for driving. Green lenses let the maximum amount of useful light reach the eyes on an overcast day, and brown lenses sharpen detail and provide better protection against glare. Those labelled "EPF 10" (Eye Protection Factor rating 10) actually exceed the requirements of AS 1067 and thus provide even greater protection. Others may be labelled "absorbs 100% UVR" these should also carry the AS 1067 label.
2) Wearing a broad brimmed hat with sunglasses can further reduce exposure to UV rays. Wrap-around frames protect your eyes from all angles and are a good choice if you are in the sun all day. Polarized lenses cut reflected glare, and are perfect for skiing, boating and the beach.
3) Wearing UV blocking contact lenses in conjunction with sunglasses.
4) Minimize sun exposure at midday (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
5) Avoid sunlamps, tanning beds and tanning parlors.
6) UV Blocking Contact Lenses Help Protect from the Sun. Contact lens wearers have a means of protection from damaging UV rays – UV blocking lenses, which filter UV radiation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new indication that ACUVUE® UV blocking contact lenses "help protect against transmission of harmful UV radiation to the cornea and into the eye." However, clinical studies have not been done to demonstrate that wearing UV blocking contact lenses reduces the risk of developing cataracts or other eye disorders.
NOTE: The American Optometric Association warns that UV blocking contact lenses are not a replacement for UV absorbing sunglasses. However, the AOA acknowledges that, when worn with sunglasses, UV blocking contact lenses provide protection by blocking much of the UV rays that reach the cornea and that get into the eye through the open spaces at the top, bottom and sides of sunglasses.
Ways to protect you eyes include:
1) Sunglasses with UV blocking lenses can help shield eyes from UV rays in sunlight. However, even most sunglasses that offer UV protection block only about 50% of UV radiation – because sunlight also enters the eye from above and around the sunglasses. Good colors for sunglasses are gray, green or brown. Gray lenses do not distort primary colors so they are good for driving. Green lenses let the maximum amount of useful light reach the eyes on an overcast day, and brown lenses sharpen detail and provide better protection against glare. Those labelled "EPF 10" (Eye Protection Factor rating 10) actually exceed the requirements of AS 1067 and thus provide even greater protection. Others may be labelled "absorbs 100% UVR" these should also carry the AS 1067 label.
2) Wearing a broad brimmed hat with sunglasses can further reduce exposure to UV rays. Wrap-around frames protect your eyes from all angles and are a good choice if you are in the sun all day. Polarized lenses cut reflected glare, and are perfect for skiing, boating and the beach.
3) Wearing UV blocking contact lenses in conjunction with sunglasses.
4) Minimize sun exposure at midday (10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
5) Avoid sunlamps, tanning beds and tanning parlors.
6) UV Blocking Contact Lenses Help Protect from the Sun. Contact lens wearers have a means of protection from damaging UV rays – UV blocking lenses, which filter UV radiation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new indication that ACUVUE® UV blocking contact lenses "help protect against transmission of harmful UV radiation to the cornea and into the eye." However, clinical studies have not been done to demonstrate that wearing UV blocking contact lenses reduces the risk of developing cataracts or other eye disorders.
NOTE: The American Optometric Association warns that UV blocking contact lenses are not a replacement for UV absorbing sunglasses. However, the AOA acknowledges that, when worn with sunglasses, UV blocking contact lenses provide protection by blocking much of the UV rays that reach the cornea and that get into the eye through the open spaces at the top, bottom and sides of sunglasses.
posted by Nick Riley at 11:27 PM
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