Sports Injuries Cause Blindness in Kids: September is Sports Eye Safety Month
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
JC Jones MA RN
Sports injuries are the leading cause of blindness in children. Most can be prevented by using protective eye wear while playing sports. Almost 75% of sports related eye injuries occur in people younger than age 25 years, but only 15% of kids are using protective eye gear while playing sports. Baseball and basketball are the leading causes of sports related eye injuries.
Lenses made of polycarbonate with the ATSM label are recommended. Regular eye glasses don't afford enough protection so be sure to get prescription protection lenses for those kids who need them. Polycarbonate sunglasses filter 100% of harmful UV rays. These tough, thin lenses are light weight but easily scratched, so be sure to get the scratch protection package when ordering them. The material was developed by the aerospace industry for use in the visors on helmets worn by astronauts. Visit
www.preventblindness.org to learn more. 1-800-331-2020 for questions and help for your athletic teams.
Thank you Prevent Blindness America for use of image.
4 Comments:
At Mon May 18, 07:38:00 PM 2009,
bogartkick said…
Thanks for this article you posted. It will surely help the parenst to keep an eye of their kids when they're involved in that situation. Nice sharing!
At Mon Jun 22, 01:56:00 AM 2009,
Brain Injury Lawyers said…
Thanks for the article posted. I studied a lot and i found that, this article is very important
At Fri Jul 17, 03:50:00 AM 2009,
Abbey said…
I guess I'm fortunate that my nieces only have sprains and minor knee injuries in related to sports. But even then, it's not like they can take pain relievers like Soma to make the injury more manageable, right?
At Wed Sep 09, 03:51:00 AM 2009,
Accident Attorney said…
you are right having wrong protective gear can hurt more. a glass eye glass can even hurt your eye and face as they can broke. The quality of protective gear should also taken care. product from branded company are always going to help.
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