Free visits to the eyes in October and November

A month's time for loving our eyes. Rather two. In Florence 'in October, Month view ', the initiative promoted by Federottica-Confcommercio, doubles.

To explain it is Gianni Ristori, President of Federottica – Confcommercio Florence: "In our city throughout November will also devote ourselves to the free checks. In addition to, to make it even more effective the project will organize, together with the 'Defence Committee view', two days of free visual screening in the streets ".

Friday by appointment 31 October and Saturday 1 November Piazza Santa Maria Novella, where all citizens who want to be able to take advantage of the presence of a mobile clinic in which there will be the ophthalmologists.

I'm 40 opticians Florentine participating in the project, which this year has the title: "Are you sure you have the right correction?”. In addition to offering free checks, inform citizens about the proper preservation of healthy sight.

In fact, the data at the national level do not bode well for nothing: one Italian in five has never undergone an eye test, most of the 60% does not do a test for over three years and one in four people has a visual defect is not corrected.

Not only: compared to 40 years ago, the myopic doubled: from 13% we arrived at the 25% of the population.

And yet, the 42% of visual impairment can easily be corrected through the use of glasses or contact lenses.

Faced with a landscape so alarming, Federottica each year dedicates this month to a valuable prevention campaign in our view.

Space then to controls and audits that usually wear glasses.

If it is true that the percentage of those who make use of glasses has grown a lot in the last decades, it is also true that now, also because of the crisis, we tend to use increasingly glasses and lenses not more appropriate, or economic solutions "do it yourself", as the glasses emergency that becomes everyday in front of the computer or tv.

Misbehavior that often threaten the visual health and can cause significant damage to the eye.

For these reasons, optometrists Federottica bring its expertise available to the public to give correct information about the type of frames and lenses available today, and to remember that it is essential to protect the eyes from ultraviolet and blue light potentially harmful electronic devices, as well as it is essential to buy sunglasses in the optical centers, that guarantee the authenticity, and not on the stands, because the color filters counterfeit (often made in China) which are in turn are dangerous for the lack of protection.

To take advantage of the opportunity simply visit the site http://www.mesevista.it/ where you can easily find a list of all participating opticians and book a free check.

Michael Lattanzi

By the number 35 – The Year of 15/10/2014