Myths About The Eye And Just The Facts
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Here we are in the  Information age and there’s still is a lot of myths out there about the eyes. If you are like me you have heard them since you were a kid. Most of theses myths center around 2 ideas.
1. How outside influences effect your eyes
2. Eye problems and how to fix them.
Here are just a few of these myths and the facts to set the record straight:
Myth: Children with crossed eyes will outgrow them.
Fact:Children with crossed eyes (Strabismus) older than 4 months do not grow out of it. An eye exam should be done by your family doctor, pediatrician, or ophthalmologist as soon as possible to treat the Strabismus.
Myth: Reading in poor light will give you poor eyesight in the future
Fact: Reading in poor light might strain your eyes but you can’t permanently damage your eyes.
Myth: Eye problems cause dyslexia (reading disability)
Fact:There no scientific evidence to back that one up.
Myth: Wearing contacts will make your eyes stronger to keep your sight from getting worse.
Fact: Contacts can do nothing but make you see better now.
Myth: Wearing sunglasses in the house will hurt your eyes
Fact: You might hurt yourself it you wear dark glasses inside but your eyes will be fine.
Myth: Wearing glasses makes your eyes weaker.
Fact: This one comes from the people who never needed glasses then at around 40 found they couldn’t see close-up. So they got reading glasses Then as they got older found they needed stronger glasses. So was a myth born. They blamed the glassed when in fact it’s their progressing presbyopia. Unable to focus close up. This settle around 60-65 years old.
Myth: Eating carrots will make you see in the dark.
Fact: This myth came about from the vitamin A in carrots. Although vitamin A is great for eye care, if you could eat enough carrots to see it the dark you would also glow in the dark because you will be orange!
Myth: Long hours in front of a computer screen will hurt your eyes.
Fact: Computer screen themselves won’t hurt your eyes but you can get sore eyes and fatigue so watch for the signs and take breaks to rest your eyes.
Myth: Fluorescent lights damages your eyes.
Fact:This myth might of come from the old style Fluorescent lights. They used to flicker. Flicker or not fluorescence’s don’t damage your eyes.
Myth:Â During eye surgery, they removed the eye from its socket.
Fact: If they did you wouldn’t need surgery because the permanently disconnecting the eye from the optic nerve would make you blind.
Myth: Before it can be removed A cataract must be “ripe”.
Fact: A cataract can be removed anytime it is impairing vision. For some that don’t effect vision, they never need to be removed.
Myth: A laser is always used to take out a cataract.
Fact: Not true. Lasers are used a lot, however, not to open an after-cataract. This happens when the part of the membrane of the lens that is left in the eye after cataract surgery becomes cloudy.
Myth: If you have glaucoma that means you will go blind.
Fact: Not true if found early. All eye exams these days include a test for glaucoma. If detected early, patients can retain normal vision if they keep taking their prescribed medication. Sadly glaucoma remains the leading cause of blindness in North America. So get tested often even if you have perfect eyesight.
Myth: All eye surgery is 100% successful.
Fact:Eye surgery is quite successful for most eye conditions. As with any surgery, it is not always 100% successful. The success rate for many of the eocular procedures is better than 90%. However, with improved technology there will be less complications resulting from surgery. Because fewer complications occur, most eye surgery today is done on an outpatient basis.
