Children and UV Protection

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Make Outdoor Fun Safer

In their eagerness to have fun, kids often play outdoors without adequate UV protection. Quality sunglasses, a wide-brimmed hat and UV-blocking contact lenses can help.

Help patients develop good habits early

UV radiation is a preventable threat to eye health. Because damage to the eyes from prolonged UV exposure is cumulative and long-term, early protection is vital.

UV light can damage the cornea, lens and retina of the eye.
The lens and retina have limited capability to repair UV damage.
Research indicates a link between UV exposure and cataracts^a,b as well as other serious eye problems.

New research findings show that maximum ocular UV radiation occurs at unlikely times of the day.^c

During spring, summer and fall, ocular UV exposure is greater during early morning and late afternoon.
Exposure is nearly double that of mid-morning and early afternoon.

Informing your young patients and their parents about the importance of UV protection today can help alleviate serious eye problems later in life.

Did you know?

A significant amount of a person’s UV exposure occurs by age 18
In spring, summer and fall, ocular UV exposure during early morning and late afternoon is nearly double that of mid-morning and early afternoon^c
To keep eyes healthy, they need to be protected from UV rays from infancy on

^a Young RW. The family of sunlight-related eye diseases. Optom Vis Sci 1994;71(2):125-44.
^b Bova LM, Sweeney MHJ, Jamie JF, Truscott RJW. Major changes in human ocular UV protection with age. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2001;42(1):200-5.
^c Sasaki H. UV exposure to eyes greater in morning, late afternoon. Proc. 111th Ann. Meeting, Japanese Ophthalmologic Soc., Osaka, Japan, April, 2007.

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