SPORTS EYE SAFETY

SPORTS EYE SAFETY

• Porters House
• 22 September, 2021
• Lifestyle

Sporty eye safety protective gears

Eye protection is protective gear for the eyes, and sometimes face, designed to reduce the risk of injury. Examples of risks requiring eye protection can include: impact from particles or debris, light or radiation, wind blast, heat, sea spray or impact from some type of ball or puck used in sports.                                                    

HOW TO PREVENT AND TREAT SPORTS EYE INJURIES. 

Different activities and sports have different levels of risk for eye injury. Make sure that you’re using the right kind of eye protection for each activity. Regular eyeglasses do not offer proper eye protection and in some cases can make an injury worse if they shatter.

Be careful during activities or games involving projectiles and other sharp objects that could create injury if in contact with the eye.If you have any eye injury during sports,with with your optometrist even if the injury appears minor.Delaying medical attention can lead to permanent vision loss(Blindness).

   

WHAT SPORTS CAN CAUSE EYE INJURY?

Eye injuries can happen in almost any sport, but some sports have higher risk than others.

One study found out that basketball was the leading cause of sports related eye injuries in Nigeria.Followe by handball

Hockey and

Boxing.

CAN EYE INJURIES BE PREVENTED DURING SPORTS? OF YES by using the appropriate eye wear recommended for each sports. 

TYPES OF SAFETY GOGGLES FOR DIFFERENT SPORTS ACTIVITIES 

1 Venum Elite Headgear: This can be used for boxing

 2 Progear eye guard: This is used by basketballers.

3: Lens-less eye guard: This is used by hand ballers. 

  

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 09061781284

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 Amuwo Odofin Branch: plot 369 Durbar Road by New Road Junction, Beside Vintage Plus School.

Lekki Branch:Brassrs phase1,beside Ebeano Super market.

 

Isolo Branch: With God Plaza 1,Adekunle Arab off,chemist Bus stop,Okota Road. 

Do I need to book an appointment? Not at all,walk in at any of our branches at your convenience doctors are always there to attend to you.

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