Computer Vision Syndrome

Hello,

I am Dr. Leena Doshi, Ophthalmologist. Today I will talk about digital eye strain to you. It is also called computer vision syndrome. Now, this is self-explanatory. Life is digital. It has taken over all aspects of life, work, study, including our entertainment and leisure. Everything is digital. We are making ourselves more adaptable to it. The term says digital eye strain. So, what is strain? Strain is when there are demand and your ability. Your demand exceeds the ability, there is a strain. Similarly, the visual demand of the task when it exceeds your visual activity, you get an eye strain. What is your visual ability? Visual activity is when you have a number for your glasses like farsightedness or astigmatism, well that is a need to be corrected. Or if you have presbyopia, also takes care of your visual ability. So, there has to be a balance between everything so that you should be at ease. So, what are things that should be at balance? The things are your digital device which is either a computer, TV, mobile or a tablet. The 2nd part is you yourself. ANd the 3rd one is the environment around you.

So, these things have to be in balance. So, let's talk about what should we not do so that we should not get digital eye strain. You may get a headache, strain in the eye, giddy sensation, watery or burning eyes, eyes go red, tired all the time. You just don't want to do things. You just want to close and shut your eyes. Now, what do you need to do? Now you need to take care of all these 3 things which need to be balanced. First is the environment like the room you are in. So, the weather is hot or cold, humidity, the movement of the air, AC does make the difference. If the light is too bright, it will cause you eye strain. 2nd part is your digital device. Now, what you need to do? Your skin should have a blue light. The position of your digital device. It should be little down and then your posture, you need to sit straight, hands should be straight. Legs should be perfectly aligned. Now the most important part is your eyes. Glasses should be into the correct position and number should be correct. The right color of glasses you should use. Apart from this, one exercise is 20, 20, 20. What does this mean?

You should take every 20 secs break every 20 mins. ANd look at an object which is 20 feet away. This will give you a bit of relaxation. And then you can get back to work. Because you are not the eye expert. You need to visit your Dr regularly. So that if you do have any visual disability that is what we diagnose. It has to be taken care of by the Dr. A regular eye check which will happen at the eye clinic, not any other place is what we recommend. I hope this has helped you. If you want any information, you can follow me through lybrate.com.

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