As summer turns to fall, 21.7 million students will be entering college in the United States this year. Many will be away from their parents for the first time, and it’s important for everyone to reinforce healthy habits, especially eye health. Before you start school, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) offers a few tips on eye health to help you maintain your 1.0 vision as you enter college. Vision plays an important role in the academic journey, but college students are susceptible to eye diseases such as trauma, infection and myopia, which can complicate life both in and out of the classroom. Crowded classrooms and dormitories are breeding grounds for infectious eye diseases, while heavy reading and computer use during the school day can easily lead to vision loss. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid these occurrences. As the world’s largest ophthalmology association, the AAO offers six tips for protecting your eyes when you first enter the ivory tower: 1. Wear invisibles and don’t swim in the bath: Echinococcosis is an intra-aqueous parasite that can cause a rare but serious eye infection called echinococcosis keratitis. According to the CDC, 85% of echinococcosis keratitis occurs in contact lens wearers. To avoid its occurrence, do not wear contact lenses in the shower, hot tub or while swimming. Likewise, do not use water to clean and preserve contact lenses; only sterile disinfectant solutions can be used to clean and preserve clean contact lens cases. 2, participate in outdoor activities: schoolboys like to live indoors to study, the habit is easy to make schoolboys myopia or myopia deepen. A 2014 survey conducted in Germany showed that 50 percent of college students were nearsighted, and that this increased with years of schooling. Other studies have shown that more outdoor activities can avoid worse vision, so there is time to do more outdoor sports. Wash your hands: Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pinkeye, often spreads rapidly across campuses and dormitories, and there was an outbreak at an Ivy League school in 2002 that infected more than 1,000 students. By not rubbing your eyes and washing your hands (soap) regularly, you can avoid developing and spreading infectious diseases such as pink eye. Give your eyes a little break: According to a survey of Indian universities, almost 80% of engineering and medical students experience dry eyes and red eyes. To avoid eye strain, stick to the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, take 20 seconds to focus on something at least 20 feet (6 meters) away. Since dry eyes can cause painful corneal ulcers, be sure to blink frequently and regularly, blinking completely to keep your eyes moist. 5. Do not share cosmetics: It may seem harmless, but sharing cosmetics can certainly contribute to the spread of infections such as herpes keratitis. Pathogenic bacteria can easily multiply in cream and liquid eye cosmetics. Insist on individualized, 3-month replacement of cosmetics, and be sure to throw away all eye cosmetics if eye infections occur. 6, the game do not forget to protect the eyes: every 18 college athletes almost 1 will be in sports eye injuries, the most common injuries: eye surface abrasions, orbital fractures occur in baseball, basketball, field hockey high-risk sports. Always remember to wear polycarbonate sports glasses to protect your eyes from off-track ball and elbow impacts during sports games. As an AAO spokesperson, Professor Taylor believes that eye health may be the last thing on the minds of those entering the ivory tower, but the fact is that eye trauma and eye disease can affect their scores, social life, and cause poor vision for a period of time, or even the rest of their lives, and parents are encouraged to warn their children of these risks before they leave the nest. Chicks, keep these 6 points in mind so that mom will never have to worry about my eyes again.