Did you know that more than 40,000 people a year suffer eye injuries while playing sports.For all age groups, sports-related eye injuries occur most frequently in baseball, basketball and racket sports. Almost all sports-related eye injuries can be prevented. Whatever your game, whatever your age, you need to protect your eyes! There are many new fashionable choices for safety prescription eye wear today.
TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO AVOID SPORTS EYE INJURIES:
- Wear proper safety goggles (lensed polycarbonate protectors) for racket sports or basketball
- Use batting helmets with poly-carbonate face shields for youth baseball
- Use helmets and face shields approved by the U.S. Amateur Hockey association when playing hockey.
- Know that regular glasses don’t provide enough protection.
BASEBALL
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION:
- Faceguard (attached to helmet) made of poly-carbonate material
- Sports eye guards
Injuries prevented:
- Scratches on the cornea
- Inflamed iris
- Blood spilling into the eye’s anterior chamber
- Traumatic cataract
- Swollen retina
SOCCER
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION:
- Sports eye-guards
Injuries prevented:
- Inflamed iris
- Blood spilling into the eye’s anterior chamber
- Swollen retina
BASKETBALL
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION:
- Sports eye-guards
Injuries prevented:
- Fracture of the eye socket
- Inflamed iris
- Blood spilling into the eye’s anterior chamber
- Swollen retina
HOCKEY
RECOMMENDED PROTECTION:
- Wire or poly-carbonate mask
- Sports eye-guards
Injuries prevented:
- Inflamed iris
- Blood spilling into the eye’s anterior chamber
- Swollen retina