Since people began staring at flickering screens, there have been many articles about Eye Strain. But many people aren’t seeing the bigger picture: you have to look at your office as well as your body.
Monitors may have changed a great deal in the past decade but there are 3 fundamental things every computer user needs to do for the health of your eyes:
1. Check with your supervisor or HR department to see if you can have your office lighting and humidity levels evaluated, especially if several people are having eye problems. Computer vision syndrome (CVS) can be caused by environmental factors, personal eye health history factors, or a combination of both. When you look at your monitor, you use a fully opened eye as compared to clerks who look down at their desks. This means that a greater eye surface is exposed to environmental factors (dust, A/C dryness). There can be problems with the angle of gaze of your monitor. Check this link to see how to calculate the proper angle.
2. Preventative measures:
- Eye exercises are always good: consciously blink a few extra times, look out the window or around the room, or close your eyes for the count of ten.
- Make sure your monitor is eye-friendly: increase or decrease your screen resolution, check your monitor’s brightness and contrast levels, or reduce ambient lighting.
- Change things up after an hour: stand up, move around and stretch.
- Get a good nights sleep.
- As always, see your doctor to make sure there are no other underlying factors.
3. Every 2 years (at least) have your eyes checked by an optometrist and/or ophthalmologist. This is essential. Eye strain can be caused by a number of factors and can, in turn, cause everything from physical ailments to mental and cognitive difficulties.
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