Tips for Managing Dry Eyes During Winter
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and celebrated the New Year in style. After overindulging during the festive period, many of us will be keen to find ways to embrace a healthier lifestyle as we enter a new year. For some, that includes participating in ‘Dry January’. It’s a popular time of year to abstain from anything alcoholic to detox our bodies and give our livers a rest and a chance to recuperate.
In the run up to World Diabetes Day on November 14th, for our latest blog, we are delving into the effects of diabetes on your vision. It’s a condition that can lead to vision loss and, in the most extreme circumstances, blindness. In the UK, diabetes is the leading cause of preventable sight loss.
So, what is diabetes? It is a chronic disease that affects how your body turns food into energy. There are three types of diabetes: type 1, where the immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin. Type 2, which is when the body doesn’t make enough insulin or the body’s cells do not react to insulin properly. And lastly, gestational diabetes. In cases of gestational diabetes, the body has high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. In this instance, the condition usually reverts to normal after giving birth.
Dyslexia Awareness Week takes place during October (2-8th). So now is an opportune moment to highlight this condition. And make people more aware of the symptoms and solutions to what can be a debilitating condition to live with.
Being a small independent optician, we are not able to stock a vast number of frames for children. When you consider age ranges from 18-month toddlers right through to 15-year-old teenagers, we’re talking a lot of glasses. The sizes and tastes required to compile a comprehensive collection of children’s eyewear are colossal, and we simply don’t have the room.
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