A bright eye-dea.Each year, more than 40,000 eye injuries happen during sports. However, more than 90 percent of those can be prevented. All the athletes shown on this page wear eye protection when playing sports. Protection helps prevent the following types of eye injuries: [check] Inflamed iris [check] Scratches on the cornea cornea: see eye. [check] Fracture of the eye socket eye socket n. See orbital cavity. [check] Swollen or detached retina detached retina Separation of most layers of the retina of the eye from the choroid, the pigmented middle layer of the eyeball. With age, small tears can develop in the retina, and the vitreous humour inside the eyeball leaks through, separating the retina from the choroid. Source: Prevent Blindness America Stay safe by wearing the proper kind of eye protection for each type of sport. High school softball player Terani Harris wears a face guard attached to her batting helmet. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The helmet of professional football player LaDainian Tomlinsonfeatures a shaded visorinside the face mask Face mask The simplest way of delivering a high level of oxygen to patients with ARDS or other low-oxygen conditions. Mentioned in: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hockey player Sidney Crosby protects his eyes with a transparent shield. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Soccer star Edgar Davids, who has glaucoma, protects his eyes with sports safety goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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