Digital Eye Strain and Combating Methods

How can you relieve digital eye strain? Get the right tips

Thursday, 17th June 2021

Are you spending maximum time before the screen? Is your number of eye power increasing every now and then and is that causing eye strain for you?

If yes, you aren’t the only one. As per a recent survey, it was discovered that 80% of people think that the coronavirus pandemic has caused the screen time to increase, thus, leading to much eye strain. Looking at the screen for prolonged hours and frequently can cause eye strain.

The blue light from the screen has a damaging effect on the eyes. Straining of eyes may result in symptoms such as headaches, watery eyes, blurred vision, dry eyes, sore eyes, and eye itching.

About a quarter of people opine that their eyesight feels far worse nowadays than it used to a year back. Also, some have reported that they have been experiencing a certain amount of eye-related discomfort each day. After analyzing these data, it is clearly evident that proper eye care should be our priority in recent times.

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• The first and foremost eye care method that needs to be adopted is the digital detox eye care method. The method implies that you mustn’t look at any type of screen for at least some time each day. This is an effective way to relieve eye strain. Other methods are also there to relieve eye strain.
• Blinking more can bring some relief by moistening your eyes and averting dryness.
• The 20-20-20 rule is another way of relieving eye strain. While following the rule you need to look at an object 20 ft away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes. This allows effective resetting of your focus and eases digital eye tiredness.
• Wearing blue light-reducing non-prescription glasses that come with an anti-reflective coating can prove to be helpful.
• Anti-reflective, blue light mitigating lens coat on the screens too can help.

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Timesofindia Indiatimes