Maitri Foundation

Defective vision is more prevalent today than at any time before; a state of affairs which has been brought about chiefly fly by increasing dependence upon artificial lighting and the widespread habits of television watching, And, since the situation is likely to get worse rather than improve, it is reasonable to assume that the incidence of defective vision will continue to increase with progressively greater rapidity. The answer to this problem has been the provision of spectacles, but this artificial remedy does not succeed in checking this ever-growing menace to the nation’s health since such solution is merely palliative. Indeed no one express to cure defective vision by the aid of spectacles- the most they can be said to do is to enable the sufferer to get about with as little discomfort as possible. Many people will agree that these aids vison are disfiguring and unbeautiful in themselves; there is always the danger of their breaking and causing injury to the wearer; they prevent many people from participating in athletics and social pastimes generally. Yet, in spite of all this spectacles are regarded as a boon and a blessing to man, an, in fact, as one of the great achievements of civilization. It is quite easy to understand the high esteem which glasses are held, as without them millions of people would be unable to get about as they do, and more and more are resorting to their aid every day; but this is because the public has come to believe that defective vision is incurable, and that the only possible remedy is the wearing of spectacles. If however, it were brought home to these millions of sufferers from my troubles as( I hope to do in this volume) that by wearing glasses they may be permanently preventing themselves from removing their side effects, and, in fact, tending to go make their disability worse, then the popular belief in the epic efficacy and necessity for these visual crutches will begin to fade I wonder and necessity for these visual “crutches” will begin to fade and be replaced by a growing realization that what they had hitherto regarded as one of the wonders of science is a handicap rather than an aid to better vision. Home remedies for Astigmatism: The study of astigmatism is important because of its frequency and because so many serious eye diseases are preceded by astigmatism. The eye specialists tell their parents that in order to prevent serious eye diseases, glasses should be worn constantly. Such patients accordingly are in constant fear of serious eye trouble developing, and probable blindness resulting. It is true that glasses prescribed may give a relief; but usually patients are not benefited very much by the use of glasses. Astigmatism is one of the most common defects of the human eye. Most people with astigmatism have had it since birth. In some cases, it may increase while in other cases it may become less are entirely disappear. Astigmatism is usually combined with hypermetropia or myopia.