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Summer is a time to enjoy the outdoors, but it’s also a season when our eyes can be exposed to various potential hazards. Protecting your eyes from the sun's harmful UV rays is crucial.

Our vision is perhaps our most precious gift, providing us with a window to the world through which we can experience life to its fullest. That’s why our optometrist at Riverdell Vision is dedicated to protecting our patients’ eyesight through state-of-the-art diagnostic technology and high-quality eyewear.

We all know how big a role our genes play in affecting our health, and that goes for our eyesight, as well. Regular eye exams with the optometrist at Riverdell Vision are vitally important for everyone, but they are even more crucial for those whose family history includes a predisposition to certain eye conditions.

Spring has arrived, and with it comes the blooming of flowers and the lure of the outdoors. It’s a wonderful time of year, unless of course you suffer from seasonal allergies that can leave your eyes itchy and uncomfortable.

About 45 million American adults wear contact lenses; 93 percent of them choose soft contacts over hard contacts. Everyone who wears these popular vision aids needs to know how to handle them correctly. Proper implementation is crucial to your eye health. 

Your eyes are delicate orbs that transmit images to your brain, which lets you process what you see. Their precise and detailed mechanisms are what make them so fascinating.