Avoid the habits mentioned below to protect your eyes. No sacrifice is too great to protect your eyes. Stay healthy and prevent eye problems. If you notice any vision issues, see an optometrist immediately.

Here are 5 things that can make your vision worse: 

1. Smoking

Smokers have an increased risk of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. Smoking affects almost all organs and exposes smokers to different health conditions such as lung cancer, heart disease, diabetic retinopathy, and dry eye syndrome. If you smoke, you should stop it as soon as possible to avoid different health risks and harm to your eyes. You have to stop your smoking habit to prevent vision loss or blindness.

2. Wearing Old Contact Lenses

You should ensure that you replace your contacts as of when needed and avoid wearing them beyond their expiration date. If you are one of the people who believe that you can wear one-day contacts the second and third day, you are only exposing your eyes to infections. Avoid wearing your contacts to bed or sharing with other people. It is safer to go for days without your contacts than wearing used contacts that are not meant for extended wear.

3. Exposure to Harmful Content

Eyes are delicate, and they must be treated with care. Exposing your eyes to chemicals, dirt, and other elements in the name of fun is harmful to your eyes. If you love having fun at foam parties, having foam fluffy enter your eyes exposes your them to infections and conjunctivitis. You can have fun at foam parties but wear protective goggles.

Besides, when using household cleaning products; ensure to wear safety goggles to protect your eyes from the chemicals contained in the products. More than 120,000 injuries are recorded every year through the use of household products. Protect your eyes.

4. Binging on Crisps

If you indulge in crisps, you are harming your eyes unawares. Crisps contain salt and omega-6 oils that cause dry eye, which results in eye irritation. Also, sodium-rich diets cause dehydration that reduces the water flowing across your eyes while the oils cause the tears to dry faster. As a result, your eyes are denied the needed protection. While it does not look like a bad habit, binging on crisps and other sodium-rich diets will ruin your eyes over time.

5. Extended Use of Contacts

Contacts are convenient and enhance your beauty. However, they limit the amount of oxygen that your eyes get. The extensive wearing of contacts will cause your cornea to swell up and open up a gap for bacteria to enter. As a result, you become vulnerable to keratitis and other eye infections. Besides, wearing contacts for a long time can scar your cornea and affect your vision.