Handy Eye Care Tips for This Fall

With the colorful foliage and cool breeze, autumn is a popular time for enjoying the outdoors. Doing so, however, may also increase your risk of developing eye allergies. To prevent this from happening, your reliable eye doctor from Six One Six Vision Center shares some handy eye care tips for fall:

Take Advantage of This Season’s Eye-Friendly Foods

Fall is a great time to harvest eye-friendly foods. Apples, pears, and pomegranates are some in-season fruits that are rich in vitamins A and C. These are potent antioxidants, which help support healthy eyes.

Wear Protective Eyewear

Pollen, grass, and plant debris are some of the most common allergens in the fall. To prevent allergy attacks, we suggest wearing protective eyeglasses when going outside. You should definitely use eye protection when raking fallen leaves in your yard.

Observe Proper Hygiene

Another reliable way to keep fall eye allergies at bay is to observe proper hygiene and maintain cleanliness. Wash your hands frequently to reduce hand-eye transmission of allergens. We also advise vacuuming your home and investing in hypoallergenic sheets to maintain your eye comfort.

Be Careful About Wearing Cosmetic Contact Lenses

Halloween is just around the corner. While wearing cosmetic contact lenses may be a good idea for your costume, we recommend consulting your optometrist before doing so. We may perform an eye assessment to check your visual health and determine if your decorative lenses are safe to use.

For more eye care tips this fall, call us at (208) 514-1858. You may also fill out our form to schedule a visit. We serve Eagle and Meridian, ID.

COVID-19

To our Six One Six Vision Center Families,

Our office is fully open to serve your eye care needs. We cannot wait to see you in our office again! With the health and safety of our team and patients at the forefront of our minds, the following changes have taken place while we all do our part to fight this pandemic:

We ask that if you are experiencing a fever, shortness of breathe, or a cough that you reschedule your visit at this time.

We are asking our patients to complete as much of the typical intake paperwork and collecting of insurance information electronically to reduce the amount of team members they need to be exposed to at the office.

We have very strict cleanliness procedures for anyone who comes in to our office at every point of their visit to lower risk of potential infection.

Now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves, our families, and our communities as best we can, while practicing safe social distancing recommendations. We will get through these difficult times together, and I promise you our office and our team will be here to support you as best we can during these changes, and will be even stronger once we can return to normal care.

Be well, stay strong, take care of each other.

– Six One Six Vision Center Team

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