DO YOUR EYES NEED A TECH BREAK?

DO YOUR EYES NEED A TECH BREAK? 

Follow these tips if you spend the whole day looking at a screen

People are often glued to screens these days, from mobile phones to tablets as well as television sets, laptops, and computers. Whether at home, the office, or even while traveling, it is hard to imagine life without a screen. But looking at such screens for prolonged periods of time can tire your eyes and cause vision-related problems. Some symptoms include eye pain, fatigue, blurred vision, dryness or redness in the eyes.

Here are tips on how you can avoid computer vision syndrome.

Check your glasses prescription

Ensure that the prescription is appropriate for close computer work. Glasses or contact lenses that are not of the correct power wil cause your eyes to tire easily.

Place the computer screen at least 20 inches away 

Ideally, the computer screen should be between 20-40 inches away from you. If it is too close or too distant, it may cause you to sit in an awkward position.

Also, the top of your computer screen should be at or a little below eye level.

Adjust the brightness

Togglet display settings of your computer or mobile device so as to achieve a similar level of brightness as your surroundings. When your screen is very bright, you are exposed to more 'blue light'. This can harm the eyes and affect your vision.

When in the office, try to angle your monitor away from light sources and windows so that there is no light reflecting off the screen.

Rest your eyes 

Your eyes will become drier the longer you spend looking at the screen. The air-conditioning isn't doing you any favors either. It's important to take frequent breaks from the screen to prevent headaches, blurry vision and dry

eyes.

Follow the 20:20:20 rule to reduce eye strain: 

Every 20 minutes, look at an object about 20 feet away for 20 seconds.

If possible, walk away from your desk every hour or two, and look at a distant object through a window.

This change in focus helps to exercise and thus relax the muscles of the eye.

If your eyes are dry, consider using lubricating eye drops. These can be found at pharmacies and eye doctors' clinics.

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