Orlando eye exams, prescription glasses, contacts and healthy vision may be more important than you think. Many of us take our vision for granted, the fact is we use our eyes for everything and keeping our eyes healthy should be a top priority! An eye exam can also uncover evidence of other diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
Some interesting and fun facts about our vision
There are over 2 million working parts in each eye, over 1 million of those are nerve fibers contacting the brain to the eye. Which is probably why doctors have yet to have a successful eye transplant.
The life span of an eye lash is approximately 5 months.
If you lined up all the eyelashes a person shed during their life, it would be over 98 feet!
What we see makes up 80% of our memories.
Our brain is the most complex organ, the eyes are the second.
Retina scans for security becoming very popular because an iris has 256 unique characters, while a fingerprint only has 40.
The only tissue that doesn’t have blood is the cornea.
The eye is about one inch across and weighs less than an ounce. While the eye of a colossal squid measures over 10 inches across, making it the largest eyes on the planet.
Everyone’s ears and nose continue to grow as they get older, from birth to 90 years old our eyeballs stay the same size.
On average you blink between 12 and 16 times every minute, 15,o0o times a day, and each blink last for about 1/10th of a second. That adds up to our eyes being closed for 9 days a year just from blinking.
The eye is made up of different shaped cells, to see color you use the cone shaped cells and to see shapes you use the rod shaped cells.
The most active muscle in our body are the muscles controlling our eyes.
Worldwide, 80% of vision problems are curable or preventable.
Each year there are approximately 1 million new cases of blindness, that through treatment and early detection could have been prevented or even cured, according to a study done by the Georgetown University Medical Center.
Out of all of our senses, sight is probably the one we count on the most. We need our eyes in every facet of our daily lives. It’s important to develop a relationship with an eye doctor or Optometric Physician before you start having vision problems, many eye diseases or issues can be successfully treated if detected early. Experts recommend having your eyes examined on a regular basis to keep them healthy.
If you haven’t seen the eye doctor in a while contact Lake Nona Eye Care for an appointment.