Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-05 | Page 12 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

Dr Fishbein's Health Talks Your eye eve Is the most delicate organ oran in your our body Therefore It requires require more attention than any other part of the body In most of us the eves chan change e 3 as we grow older Yet C far too many fail Call to consider changes that take place in iii the eyes because these changes are re so gradual we are not aware of ot them To determine just how much atten attention attention tion lion American people give to the their sight for the United States public he health service looked into the records of almost families families lies in cities of oC 18 states stales for one year The fi figures ures show q quite ite definitely that we do not have our eyes eves exam med Ined as often as we wc should Un to 50 years of oC age ae more women than men have defective vision Along about middle life me the eye cye be begins ins to lose its ability to see cee perfectly anc and andl these thee changes begin earlier carlier among women than among men I c Ce oCt It has been found Cound that the height heigh of the family income bears some relationship re reo relationship to the amount of oC care given i en the eyes Naturally persons with larger incomes pa pay more attention to their sight than do those with 1 mall maJl incomes which is probably one of natures nature's little jokes since the perSons persons per persons sons with small incomes need good goodsight goodsight goodsight sight more than do those with lar larger er incomes Moreover those in professional business or clerical occupations pay more attention to their sight than do laborers For years the medical profession has been urging physical l examination examina examina- examina examination tion lion at least once each year ear for every person who wants to find defects of the body at the earliest possible moment moment mo ment and in this way to give them some sort of control The figures show that those persons per sons who have regular physical ex examinations examinations examinations ex- ex are also alo intelli intelligent ent about their heir eyes ees since a far tar greater reater number number num num- ber of oC this class had a good examination examina examina- tion Uon of their vision ision once each year ear earI I e s sAs As an indication of ol how badly a considerable number of oC people need proper attention to their sight the fact was established that 80 per cent of those who had examinations of ot the eyes found that they needed glasses You should have your eyes exam examS med ined proper properly at least once each year particularly after acter middle li Among signs of symptoms of dist disturbances of the eyes or 01 of vision are headaches inability to see distant objects better than those held close to the eyes redness redness red red- ness and swelling of oC the eyeball or inside inside inside in in- side or edges of the eyelid If Ita a child chUd shows any of these symptoms Imp toms or if he rubs his eyes frowns squints or wrinkles his forehead he should have his eyes ces examined immediately immediately imme- imme by some someone one who understands the nature of or vision I 1