Category Archives: Dry Eye

Is Reading While Lying Down Bad for The Eyes?

BY Nabanita Dutt - 23 Feb, '17 | Dry Eye, Eye Care, Eye Health, Eye Safety

PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE A topic about eye health that’s currently doing the rounds in social media is reading while lying down. Rumor has it that some research studies have proved a connection between this common habit and permanent eye damage. And concerned people are looking back to years of curling up in bed with a …Read more

Did You Know That Contact Lens Wearers Carry An Extra Bad Bacteria In Their Eyes?

BY Nabanita Dutt - 20 Feb, '17 | Dry Eye, Eye Care, Eye Health, Eye Health Awareness, Eye Safety

what are common problems with contact lenses

DISADVANTAGE OF WEARING CONTACT LENS Let’s face it. The primary reason why people wear content lenses is to look good. It’s a very persuasive reason of course, if wearing spectacles makes you feel less confident in social situations or hampers your professional life in any way. And if you haven’t yet considered the absolute freedom …Read more

Break the Bad Habit of Ignoring your Eyes During Winter

BY Nabanita Dutt - 2 Dec, '16 | Dry Eye, Eye Care, Eye Health

FACTS ABOUT WINTER DRY EYES SYNDROME One part of our body that receives the worst of winter weather is our eyes. And yet, while we take care to hydrate our skin with winter creams and wear chapstick to prevent cracking and flaking of our lips, the eyes are neglected and left completely exposed to the …Read more

How to Not be Afraid of Eye Drops

BY Nabanita Dutt - 24 Nov, '16 | Dry Eye, Eye Care

PROPER EYE DROP APPLICATION Almost 20 percent of people are unable to self-administer eye drops. Others feel extreme anxiety at the thought of letting somebody else do it for them. And yet more, simply hate the idea of eye drops and remain defiantly non-compliant when their doctor prescribes one. Fear of eye drops is extremely common, …Read more

It’s Pee — Not Chlorine — That Makes Your Eyes Red in a Swimming Pool!

BY Nabanita Dutt - 2 Nov, '16 | Dry Eye, Eye allergies, Eye Care, Eye Health

WHAT CAUSES RED EYES ON A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL How red did your eyes get this summer, when you went swimming in the public pool? With summer gone, we feel we’re breaking the news softly, so you’re not right in the middle of it when you learn that it is not chlorine in the water …Read more

Keep Your Eyes Healthy with Houseplants that Purify Indoor Air

BY Nabanita Dutt - 27 Oct, '16 | Dry Eye, Eye, Eye Care, Eye Health

HOUSEPLANTS THAT PURIFY INDOOR AIR When we think of air pollution, we invariably think of the outdoors. Of big, industrial chimneystacks spewing black smoke into the air, of poisonous auto emissions, toxic solid waste piles etc. It is hard to fathom therefore, that our indoor air is actually 2 to 5 times more polluted than …Read more

Do I Have Dry Eye Syndrome?

BY Dr. Joseph King - 24 Dec, '14 | Dry Eye

CAUSES OF DRY EYE SYNDROME “Dry eye” might seem like an inconsequential condition that can be easily treated with the use of eye drops. However, for the thousands of people who suffer from chronic dry eye syndrome, it is a persistent, irritating condition at best and a symptom of an overarching systemic disease, such as …Read more