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Phone: 719-599-5083
Office: 595 Chapel Hills Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920
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Lawn and Garden Eye Hazards

When it comes to landscaping, nothing puts the finishing touches on a tidy garden or yard like a power lawn trimmer. Trimmers are the second most popular lawn implement, behind the lawn mower, with gardeners and homeowners. Unfortunately, these nylon lawn trimmers are now the fifth leading cause of penetrating eye injuries. Each year, trimmers alone cause more than 1,500 eye injuries. Operating at speeds up to 8500 revolutions per minute, these trimmers spin off tiny fragments of the nylon line, which can enter the eye along with dirt and grass debris. The result: corneal lacerations and fungal infections severe enough to threaten sight.

Trimmers aren't the only danger when working in the garden or yard. Small stones from a lawn mower's blade can also cause a devastating eye injury. In addition, tree or bush branches can cause painful scratches to the eye. Also, chemical splashes from weed killers and fertilizers can be harmful to the eyes.

Here's how to prevent eye injuries in the home garden environment:

Wear wrap-around polycarbonate safety goggles. You can find these at most hardware stores. Look for the label that states ANSI Z87.1 standards.

Don't rely on ordinary prescription glasses for eye safety. Although they are impact-resistant, they are not safety eyewear. In addition, chemical or spray dust can get around the sides easily and into the eyes.

Wear sunglasses. Prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light over time can cause cataracts and macular degeneration, which are potentially blinding. Wide-brimmed caps and hats can only eliminate about 50% of UV radiation from reaching the eyes.

Cover the sharp tips of bamboo or metal stakes (often used for tomato or climbing plants) with plastic wire nuts to prevent an accidental puncture wound.

If an eye injury occurs, apply these emergency care procedures and then seek treatment immediately at a hospital emergency room.

For chemical splashes, flood the eye non-stop with low-pressure water for 15 minutes to dilute or remove the chemical, then see your optometrist.

Never wash an eye that is cut or punctured. Bandage it lightly and go to your eye doctor or to the hospital.

If an object is stuck in the eye, leave it there and seek treatment with your eye doctor or hospital.

For foreign material in the eye, don't rub. Try to flush the foreign matter out with water from a low-pressure garden hose. If unable to get it out, see your optometrist.

Author: Dr. Jerry Hendricks

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Denver Metro and Denver area Vision Source Eye Doctors are your best choice for expert eye exams, eyeglasses, contact lenses and expert vision care services. VisionSource eye doctors have locations all around the Denver metro area including: Denver, Lakewood, Englewood, Highlands Ranch , Littleton, Thornton and Aurora Colorado.
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Colorado Springs area Vision Source Eye Doctors offer comprehensive eye exams, eye glasses, contacts and expert vision care. Colorado Springs VisionSource optometrists include: Archdale Eyecare, Associates in Vision Care, Chapel Hills Vision Clinic, Mountain View Vision, Rockrimmon Vision Source, Thomas P. Sutton
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Incredible Eye Facts

Often taken for granted, your eyes are a wonderful and vital part of your life. Eyes are your most precious sense. Below are some incredible Eye Facts.

Incredible Eye Facts

Eyes are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.
Are composed of more than two million working parts.
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the US. Yet, glaucoma can be controlled with little or no further vision loss, if detected at an early stage and treated promptly.
Glaucoma occurs more frequently in certain groups of people such as those who are over 40, diabetics, and people who are very nearsighted.
The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.
Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.
The Human eye can detect 10 million color hues, but cannot see ultraviolet or infrared light.
85% of what we know comes through our eyes. 80% of our memory is in the form of images.
On average we blink our eyes between 10,000 - 20,000 times a day.
The "blink of an eye" lasts only a tenth of a second, but that's all the time needed to clear away dust particles and spread lubricating fluids across the eyeball. Our brains have been trained to ignore blinks.
Our eye muscles that move the eye are the strongest in the body
Human eyes are always the same size from birth, but your nose and ears never stop growing.
The older we are the less tears we produce.
Foods shown to help vision are those that are rich in vitamin A which are needed for night vision such as carrots and other orange foods that contain carotene which the body converts to vitamin A.
A professional eye exam can detect early signs of health and sight-threatening diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Together with other tests, eye professionals can also detect neurological disease and glaucoma, a potentially blinding disease if left untreated. Early detection and prevention are crucial to the successful treatment of these diseases.
Pediatric and Infant Exams are very important. Physician will perform a quick screening for your child for gross abnormalities at the hospital when your child is born. Vision for an infant is almost adult like before they are one year old. We recommend that your child have their first eye exam at age six to eight months. A comprehensive eye exam can pick up subtle problems that, if left untreated, can cause severe, often irreversible vision loss.

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Medical Breakthrough: Restoring Sight to the Blind

Stem cells from one's own eye can bring new sight to those blinded by burns.
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New Synthetic Cornea Replacement offers hope...

Donor corneas are extremely rare, but for 40,000 people in Europe corneal transplantation from donors offer the only hope of addressing blindness in one or both eyes. Dr. Joachim Storsberg of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm is the creator of the first artificial cornea, which has been successfully trialed and has been in use in Europe since 2009.
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Scientists Discover Cure for Color Blindness

Genetic scientists have discovered a cure for color blindness, offering hope to millions of sufferers. Scientists at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and the University of Florida restored normal vision to two color-blind monkeys. The technique could prove to be a safe and effective cure for color blindness and other visual disorders related to the cones in the retina.
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How Eyes of Owls and Humans are similar

Owls and people both have binocular vision. Binocular vision is when the two eyes are in front of the head and see the same thing with both eyes. Binocular vision also helps by seeing how fast an object is going, how far away it is and the size.

Humans have a field of vision of 180 degrees and 120 degrees with each eye. Owls only have a 125 degree field of vision, 50 degrees with each eye.

Owls can't move their eyes around in their sockets so they must move their head. Owls have fourteen neck bones. Their neck bones let an owl turn its head 270 degrees in both directions. This is not quite a full turn. Unlike us, an owl can turn its head around to see what is sneaking up behind it.

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