1. Always use protecting glasses to protect your eyes from bright sun-light, dust and injury.     2. Patient having Diabetes, Hypertension and Thyroid disorder should undergo regular ophthalmic checkup.     3. Patient with family history of glaucoma should undergo Glaucoma work up every year.     4. A child needs eye check up to rule out refractive error (eye number) in following situations;   Either parent or sibling having refractive error.   Child moves too close to T.V. for watching.   Child screws or narrows eyes to see things.   Frequent headache.   Making mistakes in copying from black-board.   Frequent or constant squint (deviation of eye). 5. New born baby having constant watering and discharge needs the attention of an ophthalmologist at the earliest.     6. Never apply “Kajal” or “Surma” into the eyes of new-born and infants.     7. Never splash water into the eyes. It disturbs the natural tears which is so essential for the protection and nourishment of the eye.     8. Do not keep touching or rubbing your eyes.     9. Do not buy over the counter (OTC) eye drops or use any other eye drops without the advice of an Ophthalmologist.     10. In special circumstances like:   Whenever a foreign body falls into the eye, wash with copious amount of water     as a first-aid.   Whenever a chemical; like alkali or acid fall, wash with water continuously for     half an hour and consult the Ophthalmologist immediately.