{"id":10614,"date":"2019-10-10T05:51:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2019-10-10T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T19:53:50","slug":"my-eyesight-is-getting-worse-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/10\/my-eyesight-is-getting-worse-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"My eyesight is getting worse. What can I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191010_051519_2.jpg\" alt=\"My eyesight is getting worse. What can I do? (Angry face)\" class=\"wp-image-10609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191010_051519_2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191010_051519_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191010_051519_2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191010_051519_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption>My eyesight is getting worse. What can I do? (Angry face)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from scheduling an appointment with an optometrist to get a better idea of how your eyes are doing, I would recommend doing your best to protect your eyes from potential hazards. Examples include: wearing sunglasses when outdoors, limiting your exposure to bright screens, reducing the amount of blue light exposed to your eyes, and getting an adequate amount of rest each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from scheduling an appointment with an optometrist to get a better idea of how your eyes are doing, I would recommend doing your best to protect your eyes from potential hazards. Examples include: wearing sunglasses when outdoors, limiting your exposure to bright screens, reducing the amount of blue light exposed to your eyes, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/10\/my-eyesight-is-getting-worse-what-can-i-do\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My eyesight is getting worse. What can I do?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[837],"class_list":["post-10614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","tag-eyesight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10630,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614\/revisions\/10630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}