An optometrist can tell a lot about a person’s health by looking into their eyes. The eyes are a unique window to the world of health; it’s the only place in the human body where, without surgery, it’s possible to see veins, arteries, and nerves.
Winter Sports and Eye Safety
During the Winter season, emergency room doctors see a number of injuries related to sports like skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, and sledding. While skinned knees, bumps, bruises, and sprained ankles are frequent occurrences; eye injuries happen all too often on snowy playing fields. Every year, hospital emergency rooms treat more than 40,000 sports-related eye injuries. More than one-third of those injured are children. Sports are the main cause of eye injuries in children under the age of 16. Before you hit the slopes, here are a few things to consider…