Eyes in Later Life
Choosing the best light for reading as your eyes get older
Good reading light is steady, adjustable and aimed at the page, not your eyes. How to choose a lamp, book light or magnifier as eyes age, and when light is not enough.
Hitomi Saijiki
eye health through the seasons
Welcome
to a notebook on eyes and everyday life
For the days you want to understand your eyes a little better.
From how eye conditions work to everyday care,
explained in plain words, season by season.
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- · 26.11.06Added “Choosing the best light for reading as your eyes get older” to Eyes in Later Life.
- · 26.11.04Added “Normal eye pressure range: what an IOP reading can and can't tell you” to Eye Conditions.
- · 26.11.02Added “Monitor height for eye strain: where your screen should sit” to Everyday Eye Care.
- · 26.11.01Added “Safety glasses over glasses: how to choose a pair that fits” to Vision, Glasses & Contacts.
- · 26.10.31Added “Computer glasses vs reading glasses: why the distance matters” to Vision, Glasses & Contacts.
- · 26.10.28Added “Viral vs bacterial pink eye: how to tell them apart” to Eye Conditions.
- · 26.10.27Added “Colored contact lenses for Halloween: what to know first” to Vision, Glasses & Contacts.
- · 26.10.26Added “Z87 safety glasses for yard work and DIY: what to wear and why” to Health & Living.
Recent columns
Eye Conditions
Normal eye pressure range: what an IOP reading can and can't tell you
Eye pressure is usually called normal between about 10 and 21 mmHg. Why one reading can't confirm or rule out glaucoma, how it is measured, and what else is checked.
Everyday Eye Care
Monitor height for eye strain: where your screen should sit
Set the top of the screen at or just below eye level, about an arm's length away and side-on to the window. How to set it up, light it, and when strain needs an exam.
Vision, Glasses & Contacts
Safety glasses over glasses: how to choose a pair that fits
Fit-over safety glasses, goggles that seal around your frames, or prescription safety glasses: a former optical shop worker on choosing, fit and stopping fog.
Vision, Glasses & Contacts
Computer glasses vs reading glasses: why the distance matters
Readers are set for a book, computer glasses for a screen farther away. How distance changes the strength, what computer glasses really are, and when to get an exam.
Eye Conditions
Viral vs bacterial pink eye: how to tell them apart
Watery and spreading, or thick and sticky? How viral, bacterial and allergic pink eye differ, how to stop it going around, and the signs that need a doctor today.
Seeing an eye doctor
How to find an eye doctor, what happens at a first exam, how to read clinic hours and what to do when trouble starts over a holiday. For symptoms that can't wait, see eye emergencies.
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- Eye ConditionsCataract, glaucoma, retinal problems, conjunctivitis and more: how common eye conditions work, how they are checked and when to see a doctor.
- Vision, Glasses & ContactsNearsightedness, presbyopia, choosing and caring for glasses and contact lenses, and avoiding lens trouble.
- Children's EyesVision checks for young children, lazy eye and squint, myopia, screens and school life, from a parent's point of view.
- Everyday Eye CareBlinking, breaks, light, sun protection and the small daily habits that keep eyes comfortable.
- Eyes in Later LifeHow eyes change with age, cataract and macular disease, appointments, and how family can help.
- Health & LivingDiabetes, blood pressure, allergies, sleep and diet: how general health connects with the eyes, and everyday living.
- Kyoto & the SeasonsSeasons, festivals and city life in Kyoto, and what each time of year means for our eyes.