Good nutrition is essential to living a healthy life and it helps us avoid diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Eating habits, whether good or bad, are learned. Unlearning bad habits late in life is very difficult. It’s very important...
Category: Your Health
Stye
A stye is a small, painful lump that can pop up inside or outside your eyelid. It may look like a pimple at the base of your eyelashes. Styes under the eyelid may be less noticeable at first. But both...
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Clean Hands
Our hands come into contact with all kinds of germs on a daily basis, from our phones, tablets, computers, other people’s hands, etc. These germs usually end up in our eyes because we rub them frequently. Keeping your hands clean...
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Tips to Maintain Good Eye Health.
Here are some tips to maintain good eye health. 1.Healthy Diet. Fruit and vegetables help keep the eyes healthy and go a long way in preventing diseases. 2. Quit Smoking Not only does cigarette smoke discolour your eyes, nicotine has...
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Diabetes and Blurry Vision
There are many conditions that can result in blurry vision, some are life and sight threatening, others can be resolved with spectacles and or eye drops. This month we will focus on one particular cause, which has become more and...
Allergy Season
Allergy season is upon us once again and we’ve already seen an increase in complaints of red and itchy eyes. There’s a lot of dust, pollen and not a lot of rain, meaning your eyes are exposed to more allergens...
Good Habits for healthier eyes
1. Eat Well. Leafy green vegetables, lean proteins, Omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin C have been shown to help prevent eye disease in the long run. 2. Stop Smoking Not only do you increase your chances of developing conditions...
Good Habits
Good habits are essential to living a healthy and happy life, but they are not very easy to sustain for a lot of people. We often get to a point where we realise that our bad habits have gotten us...
Headaches
A headache is a way for your body to tell you there’s something wrong. It is often a symptom and not a condition. People end up addicted to pain medications because of uninvestigated headaches, others spend a lot of time...
Children and Devices
Technology has become an integral part of our society. It has made life easier, the world smaller and learning faster. Nowadays exposure to computers and tablets happens very early in life, which has it’s advantages and disadvantages. One of the...