OAP General Santos Chapter
Gensan Optometrists hanging the tarp at DXCP Radyo Totoo located at the intersection when one enters General Santos City.
OAP South Cotabato Chapter
During the sight saving month celebration all OAP members clinic offered free eye test and low vision screening on their respective practice every Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday and indigent patients were given big discounts on their glasses.
The South Cotabato Optometric Society- OAP Koronadal City continues to face the challenges of this pandemic, believing that this will not stop us from reaching out to our people to give the best quality of care to their eye health needs. Dedicated to our profession, we will be able to achieve all our goals and we will thrive to be recognized as significant eye health practitioners and as front liners esp. in this time of Pandemic. I did some community eye consultation in upper valley among soldiers in the month of June.. most of them are diabetic, high BP , cholesterol and found prevalent are pterygium , dry eyes and early dev of cataract .
By: Dr. Mary Jane Dela Cruz
President- OAP South Optometric Society
By: Dr. Mary Jane Dela Cruz
President- OAP South Optometric Society
To ensure your child’s eyes stay healthy regular eye examinations are recommended. These should take place every two years or sooner if advised by your optometrist.
Eye examinations can detect any issues with vision and childhood conditions such as a squint, amblyopia, hyperopia (long-sightedness) or myopia (short-sightedness) are ensure these are picked up early. The sooner problems are identified, potentially the better the treatment outcome.
Try to encourage your child to eat a rainbow. Colorful fruit and vegetables helps to ensure young eyes get the nutrients they need to grow healthily. Foods such as tomatoes, melon, grapes and blueberries as well as fish, chicken, eggs and whole grains are packed with eye–friendly nutrients.
We all know the importance to protect our eyes from the sun. When you’re young the lens at the front of the eye is really clear so can let even more of the damaging sunlight in. Therefore it is more important to protect your childs’ eyes whenever the UV Index rises to three or more even on cloudy days and check that their sunglasses have a CE; UV 400 - as this will ensure they provide the right level of UV protection.
A hat with a wide brim can also help protect against damaging UV.
Research has shown that if your child spends time playing outdoors, this can be beneficial in helping to prevent the onset and progression of myopia. Therefore try to encourage them to be active and go outdoors every day.
If your child wears contact lenses, try to ensure they follow their opticians advice on how to wear and care for their contact lenses to keep their eyes safe and comfortable.
It is never too early to stimulate your child’s senses. As eyes develop from birth to around the age of eight you can help stimulate the visual development thorough play.
High contrast toys, mirrors and playing peekaboo can help stimulate babies vision whilst encouraging activities that require hand-eye coordination such as throwing and catching, or building with blocks can help pre-schoolers.
By: By: Dr. Mary Jane Dela Cruz
President- OAP South Optometric Society
Eye examinations can detect any issues with vision and childhood conditions such as a squint, amblyopia, hyperopia (long-sightedness) or myopia (short-sightedness) are ensure these are picked up early. The sooner problems are identified, potentially the better the treatment outcome.
Try to encourage your child to eat a rainbow. Colorful fruit and vegetables helps to ensure young eyes get the nutrients they need to grow healthily. Foods such as tomatoes, melon, grapes and blueberries as well as fish, chicken, eggs and whole grains are packed with eye–friendly nutrients.
We all know the importance to protect our eyes from the sun. When you’re young the lens at the front of the eye is really clear so can let even more of the damaging sunlight in. Therefore it is more important to protect your childs’ eyes whenever the UV Index rises to three or more even on cloudy days and check that their sunglasses have a CE; UV 400 - as this will ensure they provide the right level of UV protection.
A hat with a wide brim can also help protect against damaging UV.
Research has shown that if your child spends time playing outdoors, this can be beneficial in helping to prevent the onset and progression of myopia. Therefore try to encourage them to be active and go outdoors every day.
If your child wears contact lenses, try to ensure they follow their opticians advice on how to wear and care for their contact lenses to keep their eyes safe and comfortable.
It is never too early to stimulate your child’s senses. As eyes develop from birth to around the age of eight you can help stimulate the visual development thorough play.
High contrast toys, mirrors and playing peekaboo can help stimulate babies vision whilst encouraging activities that require hand-eye coordination such as throwing and catching, or building with blocks can help pre-schoolers.
By: By: Dr. Mary Jane Dela Cruz
President- OAP South Optometric Society