Medications: Certain medications, such as tetracycline, sulfa drugs, birth control pills, diuretics and tranquilizers, can increase your body's sensitivity to UV radiation. To best protect your eyes from the sun's harmful rays, always wear good quality sunglasses when you are outdoors.
Look for sunglasses that block percent of all UV rays. Your optician can help you choose the best sunglass lenses for your needs. To protect as much of the delicate skin around your eyes as possible, try at least one pair of sunglasses with large lenses or a close-fitting wraparound style.
Depending on your outdoor lifestyle, you also may want to explore performance sunglasses or sport sunglasses. The amount of UV protection sunglasses provide is unrelated to the color and darkness of the lenses. For example, a light amber-colored lens can provide the same UV protection as a dark gray lens. Your optician can verify that the lenses you choose provide percent UV protection. In addition to sunglasses, wearing a wide-brimmed hat on sunny days can reduce your eyes' exposure to UV by up to 50 percent.
The risk of damage to our eyes and skin from solar UV radiation is cumulative — meaning the danger continues to grow the more time you spend in sunlight throughout your lifetime. With this in mind, it's especially important for kids to protect their eyes from the sun. Children generally spend much more time outdoors than adults. In fact, some experts say that because children tend to spend significantly more time outdoors than most adults, up to half of a person's lifetime exposure to UV radiation can occur by age Also, children are more susceptible to eye damage from UV rays because the lens inside a child's eye is clearer than an adult lens, enabling more UV to penetrate deep into the eye.
Make sure your children's eyes are protected from the sun with good quality sunglasses or photochromic lenses when they go outdoors. Also, encourage your child to wear a hat on sunny days to further reduce UV exposure. Not all sunglasses block percent of UV rays. If you're unsure about the level of UV protection your sunglasses provide, take them to your eye doctor or optician for an evaluation.
Many eye care professionals have instruments that can measure the amount of UV radiation your lenses block. Remember to wear sunglasses even when you're in the shade. Although shade reduces your UV and HEV exposure to some degree, your eyes still will be exposed to UV rays reflected from buildings, roadways and other surfaces.
According to NASA, the following materials should never be used to view a solar eclipse:. This can occur even if your eyes are exposed to direct sunlight for just a few seconds. The only way to safely view the Sun — eclipsed or not — is to either project or filter the Sun's rays. Projection works well. You can make your own box projector or use a telescope or binoculars.
If you are not the DIY type, the American Astronomical Society has compiled a list of vendors where you can buy safe eclipse glasses. Popular Blogs. Polarized VS. Non Polarized for Driving. Featured products. Subscribe to our newsletter Want to keep up-to-date with all our weekly blogs?
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