Why is my eyesight getting worse?

As you get older, particularly around the age of 40-50, your eyesight ability may decline for close-up tasks such as reading. This is because the crystalline lens in your eye becomes less flexible, which makes it harder to focus on close-up objects.

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Factors that can contribute to worsening eyesight

With that in mind, we take a better look at some of the reasons why your eyesight could be getting worse. This can include age, genetics, lifestyle, eye conditions and harmful light.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle choices can have a huge impact on your overall health, including your vision. Diet, smoking and excessive alcohol can all make a difference to your eyesight in the long run. Long-term effects of consuming too much alcohol can increase your risk of eye disease, including AMD and cataracts. A balanced diet is also key, as vitamins C and E along with lutein and omega-3 can all contribute to healthy vision. It is important to follow a healthy lifestyle to prolong healthy eyes and overall wellbeing.

Eye conditions

Your eyesight could be getting worse because you have an uncorrected refractive error. If you begin to struggle to see far away or close up, then you should visit your optician for an eye examination. Your optician is able to diagnose a multitude of vision problems and offer advice on how to manage them. Wearing glasses will not make your eyesight worse. Refractive errors will progress whether you wear them or not because it is a problem with your eye itself. If you wear the wrong prescription, it could cause eye strain but it shouldn’t have an impact on your vision. Wearing lenses with an up to date prescription will ensure visual comfort and the best correction. It is important to keep your prescription up to date and visit your optician if you think your vision has changed.

Temporary factors

Pregnancy can bring lots of changes to your body including your eyesight. Hormones during pregnancy can affect your eyesight and vision quality. These changes are normally temporary but you should still get them checked by an optician if you experience them. Stress can also have a negative effect on your eyesight by inducing eyestrain, light sensitivity, dry or even watery eyes. By reducing your stress levels you can lower the effects, this may sound easier said than done so it’s important to figure out when you are stressed and what you can do to feel better.

Harmful light

In large doses, UV light can be detrimental to your eyesight. Overexposure to UV is one of the leading causes of conditions like cataracts and photokeratitis. With that in mind, it’s important to protect your eyes when out in the sun. You should always wear sunglasses in the sun, or stay out of direct sunlight when it’s at its strongest. You can also protect your eyes by wearing clear lenses with built-in UV protection. These are simple protective measures that can have a huge positive impact on your eye health.

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Why did they ban Lord of the Flies?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding was challenged in the Waterloo Iowa schools in 1992 because of profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women, and the disabled. In 2000, it was challenged, but retained on the ninth-grade accelerated English reading list in Bloomfield, NY.

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Lord of the Flies, a 1954 novel by William Golding, which is read by most 10th grade classes at TZHS, has been widely challenged and banned from schools over the years. According to the American Library Association, it is in the top ten of most frequently banned and challenged books in the nation. Parents, school administrators and other critics have complained about the language and violence in the novel. Bullying is rampant throughout the book— in fact, it is one of the main plot lines. Lord of the Flies by William Golding was challenged in the Waterloo Iowa schools in 1992 because of profanity, lurid passages about sex, and statements defamatory to minorities, God, women, and the disabled. In 2000, it was challenged, but retained on the ninth-grade accelerated English reading list in Bloomfield, NY. In April 2019, a group called The Florida Citizens Alliance pushed for legislation in Florida to ban approximately 90 books including Lord of The Flies, but were rebuffed by lawmakers who upheld the first amendment. According to the American Library Association, Lord of the Flies is the eighth-most frequently banned and challenged book in the nation.

“Banned & Challenged Classics”, American Library Association, March 26, 2013. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics.

Lombardi, Esther. “Why Does Lord of the Flies Continue to Get Banned in Schools?” ThoughtCo, ThoughtCo, 12 Jan. 2019, www.thoughtco.com/lord-of-the-flies-banned-challenged-740596.

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