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Prevention could include:
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Proper Care and Use of Contact Lenses
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Protection of Eyes From Ultraviolet Light
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Children and Adolescents Who Wear Contacts Should Rest Eyes by Using Glasses for a Portion of Each Day
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Everyone should wear eye protection whenever this is recommended. This should be standard practice when using power tools and playing certain sports.
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Prevention of a traumatic injury or an accident is not possible, but for those types of abrasions caused by chronic trauma, such as with contact lenses, the likelihood of abrasions and subsequent ulcers can be reduced by proper contact lens wear a...
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Eyeglasses can be prescribed for a range of vision problems, from nearsightedness to farsightedness to the diminished vision of advancing age.
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Most eye injuries can be prevented by wearing the proper protective eyewear. Nearly 2.5 million people in the United States suffer eye injuries each year. Nearly 1 million lose some degree of vision as a result. Most of the injuries could have been prevented by wearing the proper protective eyewear. Special eyewear is needed even if you usually wear prescription eyeglasses.
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