The Importance of Maintaining Eye Health from an Early Age!

Eyes are the window of life, as one of the most important members of the body, we must maintain the health of our eyes from an early age. As the sense of sight, the eye functions to perceive color, shape, size of an object. Called a healthy eye when the eye is free from diseases that interfere with vision. Eye disease can reduce productivity and can affect the future of children.

Tips for Maintaining Eye Health
Here are some tips for maintaining eye health:
1. Consuming nutritious food
Make it a habit to give children healthy and nutritious food intake, such as consuming lots of vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and don't forget to provide consumption of animal protein in the form of fish and lean meat.
2. Sufficient water needs in the body
The best fluid that the body needs is water. The need for fluids in adults is at least 2.5 liters / day, while children are 2100 ml / day. Lack of fluids in the body can cause various health problems including eye health, one of which is dry and itchy eyes.
3. Wear eye protection
The importance of using eye protection so that the eyes are protected from eye injury. Eye injuries can be caused by sunlight, foreign objects, and exposure to chemicals. Use sunglasses when traveling to hot and sunny places, using protective goggles when swimming and when in places exposed to chemicals.
4. Avoid playing with hard and sharp toys
The times have developed rapidly, in this era of globalization there have been various innovations in toys. The need to pay attention to the toys used by children while playing is a parent's duty. Toys or sharp and hard objects that accidentally hit the eye can cause fatal things. Therefore, choose toys that are soft and blunt.
5. Reduce the use of gadgets
The use of gadgets in children should be reduced because gadget addiction at an early age can cause delays in the process of growth and development. To prevent children from being addicted to gadgets, namely playing with lots of activities outside the home so that children not only see objects that are close but can see objects that are far away too.
6. Routine eye health checks
Routinely checking children's eyes at least once a year to the doctor is one of the tips for maintaining healthy eyes. Many children have eye health problems but are not diagnosed because they are not aware of it.

Routine examinations to an ophthalmologist aim to check whether there are visual disturbances or disease in the eye. Come on, visit the Eye Polyclinic at Hermina Pandanaran Hospital and make an appointment with trusted doctors and medical experts!