Al-Shifa Eye Care & Optical Center

08/07/2025

👁️ July is Dry Eye Awareness Month!
Don’t let dry eyes blur your day.

✔️ Feeling gritty, itchy, or watery eyes?
✔️ Burning or blurred vision?

These could be signs of Dry Eye Disease — a common but treatable condition.

💧 Prioritize your eye health. Know the symptoms. Take action.

24/06/2025

Prolonged screen or reading times can lead to eye strain, dry eyes, and headaches.

DO ✅ take breaks! Use the 20 - 20 - 20 rule to help your eyes:

🖥️ After using a screen for 20 minutes
📏 Look at an object 20 feet away
🕓 For 20 seconds

23/06/2025

🥵 Heat stress is the leading cause of weather-related deaths & can worsen underlying illnesses.

We're now facing longer, more intense heatwaves each year due to , and this is how extreme heat impacts our health.

18/06/2025

1. “Scroll less, blink more! 👀 Give your eyes a break before they give up on you.”

2. “Your eyes called… they need a timeout! ⏸️💡 Take breaks, beat the strain!”

3. “Eyes not Wi-Fi — they don’t work non-stop! 🔋 Rest them to refresh them.”

4. “Too much screen, not enough green! 🌿 Look away, blink it out, chill your eyes!”

5. “If your eyes could talk, they’d scream: ‘Look away for 20 seconds, please!’ 😵‍💫📱”

16/06/2025

📱 Why Reduce Screen Time at Midnight?

1. 🌙 Protects Your Sleep Quality

Blue light from phone screens interferes with melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep.

Using your phone at midnight can delay sleep onset, making it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep.

Poor sleep affects your memory, focus, and mood the next day.

2. 🧠 Mental Health Impact

Midnight scrolling often leads to information overload, anxiety, or emotional disturbances.

Social media can make you feel lonely, inadequate, or restless, especially at night when you're more emotionally vulnerable.

3. 🕐 Breaks Your Routine

Late-night phone use can push your sleep schedule later and later, leading to irregular sleep patterns and fatigue.

It can affect your productivity and energy levels throughout the day.

4. 👁️ Protects Your Eyes

Long exposure to screens in dark environments causes eye strain and dryness.

This may lead to blurred vision, headaches, and long-term discomfort.

Al-Shifa Eye Care & Optical Center
Sajjad Ahmad

16/06/2025

Too much time spent indoors and intensive near vision activity lead to more children suffering from nearsightedness or .

Taking regular breaks and spending more time outdoors can reduce this risk. Get regular eye checks!

Too much time spent indoors and intensive near vision activity lead to more children suffering from nearsightedness or .

Taking regular breaks and spending more time outdoors can reduce this risk. Get regular eye checks!

07/06/2025

Eid ul-Adha Mubarak! 🌙🐑

May this blessed day fill your heart with faith, your home with joy, and your life with endless blessings. ✨🤲

29/05/2025

اسکرین ٹائم اور بچپن کی مایوپیا: ڈیجیٹل دور کا بڑھتا ہوا بحران

آج کے ڈیجیٹل دور میں بچے زیادہ وقت موبائل، ٹیبلٹ، کمپیوٹر اور ٹی وی اسکرین کے سامنے گزارتے ہیں۔ اس مسلسل اسکرین ٹائم کا ایک بڑا نقصان "مایوپیا" (نظر کی کمزوری یا دور کی نظر کمزور ہونا) کی شکل میں سامنے آ رہا ہے، جو کہ بچوں میں تیزی سے بڑھ رہا ہے۔

مایوپیا میں بچہ دور کی چیزیں دھندلی دیکھتا ہے، اور اسے قریب کی چیزیں دیکھنے میں آسانی ہوتی ہے۔ مسلسل قریبی فاصلے پر چیزیں دیکھنے، جیسے کہ موبائل یا کتاب، آنکھ کے پٹھوں پر دباؤ ڈالتی ہے، جو مایوپیا کی اہم وجہ ہے۔

مطالعات سے ثابت ہوا ہے کہ اسکرین ٹائم محدود کرنے، باہر کھیلنے اور قدرتی روشنی میں وقت گزارنے سے مایوپیا سے بچاؤ ممکن ہے۔

حل:

بچوں کا اسکرین ٹائم روزانہ محدود کریں۔

ہر 20 منٹ بعد 20 سیکنڈ کے لیے 20 فٹ دور دیکھنے کی عادت ڈالیں (20-20-20 Rule)۔

بچوں کو باہر دھوپ میں کھیلنے کا موقع دیں۔

آنکھوں کا باقاعدہ معائنہ کرواتے رہیں۔

یہ مسئلہ نظر انداز کرنے کے قابل نہیں۔ احتیاط اور بروقت اقدامات بچوں کی بینائی محفوظ رکھنے میں مددگار ہو سکتے ہیں۔

Al-Shifa Eye Care & Optical Center
0307-8719109

29/05/2025

What Causes Excessive Blinking in Children?
A large study of children younger than 16 showed four common causes of excessive blinking:

Problems with the cornea at the front of the eye. These include dry eye, ingrown eyelash, a foreign object in the eye or under the eyelid, corneal abrasion (scratch or scrape at front of eye), eye allergies, or conjunctivitis (pink eye).

Habitual tics (involuntary repetitive body movements). A common tic is blinking. Tics are usually caused by stress/anxiety, fatigue or boredom. In most cases, tics are harmless, and children outgrow them.

Uncorrected refractive errors. The need for glasses or an updated glasses prescription to correct nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), or astigmatism.
Misaligned or crossed eyes (strabismus). Strabismus is when the eyes are not lined up correctly, pointing in different directions.

28/05/2025

MYOPIA AWARENESS WEEK
Let’s talk about the SIGNS & SYMPTOMS of Myopia – know what to look out for!

🔹 Squinting to see distant objects
🔹 Sitting too close to the screen or TV
🔹 Frequent headaches or eye strain
🔹 Complaints of blurry vision

If you or your child show any of these signs, it might be time for an eye checkup!
Early detection leads to better care.