Good Vision for Life

Everything you eat and drink can potentially affect your eyes.  If your diet leans heavily towards healthy foods, your eyes will thank you for it. 

If you have sensitivities to certain foods (common examples are wheat and dairy products) your eyes are more likely to become inflamed and sore.

If your diet is friendly to your gut bacteria, you’re more likely to have eyes which are comfortable, and which will give you good vision for the rest of your life. 

We don’t mean your eye muscles – we mean your body! Cardiovascular exercise – as simple as going for a walk – does all sorts of things that are good for our bodies. Some of them we understand, some of them are still being investigated.  Research from all over the world shows something we've observed in our patients for decades: people with exercise in their lives are people with healthier eyes.  Perhaps most importantly, people over 50 with exercise in their lives are MUCH less likely to suffer from macular disease.

Interestingly, exercise is also good for your gut health, and gut health is emerging more and more as something that impacts on the health of our eyes. 

Here are 3 common things that can cause eye problems:

The Sun: This is Queensland. Ultraviolet light from the sun causes problems with our retinas, our lenses, the whites of our eyes, and our eyelids. We frequently see little skin cancers on our patients' eyelids. 

Industrial Accidents: Every few days we see a new person with a bit of steel or rust in their eye. While these are usually straightforward to remove, some of these injuries can cause permanent sight problems. 

Sleep apnoea: Sleep apnoea is associated with a type of glaucoma which flies under the radar of pressure measurements. Fortunately, our state-of-the-art instruments allow us to check for this "normal pressure glaucoma".  

Chances are, you'll know if you can see properly or not, especially in the close range.  What you may not know is whether you might have the earliest beginnings of what can threaten your eyesight in the longer term. Glaucoma and macular disease are best addressed early, which is usual when you'll notice no symptoms at all.

We’ll tell you how your eyes are going and how to look after them in the longer term.