June is Cataract Awareness month as declared by Prevent Blindness to educate the public, because cataracts are the leading cause of blindness. Cataracts block light from being passed into the eye by clouding the lens and changing how light enters the lens. Vision may become blurry as the cataract blurs.Most cataracts occur in adults, but children can have congenital or acquired cataracts. Diagnosing and treating cataracts early is critical for normal visual development in children.
Risks factors for cataracts can include…..age, diseases such as diabetes, hereditary influences, eye inflammation, long term steroid use, eye injuries or diseases, smoking, the mother having German measles while pregnant.
Chinese medicine theory states that every organ has direct association to a sensory organ. Some include the nose and sense of smell are related to the lungs, which makes perfect sense. The kidney has relation to the ear and hearing, which may make some sense, because the kidney and ear have the same shape, and the liver has a direct relation to the eyes and vision.
It is common knowledge that your emotions can affect your health as well. Chinese theory also associates an emotion to each organ. The emotion associated with the liver/gallbladder is anger and frustration, so keeping these emotions in check will also keep you healthy.
Eating healthy, eating early, chewing your food thoroughly and cleansing/detoxing your organs biannually will keep you and your eyes and the rest of your body healthy. You are what you eat and think.