When a person looks at the phone screen more than 8 hours a day, the structure of the eye changes and this causes Blurred vision Headache, dehydration and nausea, and experts suggest doing some exercises to combat dehydration, and provides the report published by Indiatoday.
Increased exposure to screen time has caused an alarming increase in the number of visually impaired people and there are more than 2.2 billion people with near or far vision impaired globally, according to a report of 2021 of the World Health Organization (WHO).
While many factors affect eye health, looking at cell phones and screens indicates many problems with a person’s eyesight, including headaches, blurred vision, and nausea.
According to Dr. Amrita Kapoor Chaturvedi, Senior Consultant, Department of Ophthalmology, when a person looks at a screen for more than 8 hours a day, the eye changes structurally and stimulates the growth of the eyeball length.
Experts shared that during the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a significant increase in cases of children suffering from myopia, a common vision condition in which nearby objects appear clear but distant objects appear blurry, and Dr Chaturvedi said shared that he believes that the child’s visual strength will stabilize after the age of 18. But recently prescriptions for eyeglasses continue to rise up to the age of 20-25, Dr. Chaturvedi said, children who already have glasses have increased their strength a lot thanks to online lessons about the pandemic.
How to keep your eyes healthy?
Limiting screen time is the only solution to keeping your eyes healthy, but Dr. Chaturvedi recommends that if someone has to work in front of a screen for a long time, there are a few tips to keep in mind to avoid eye strain .
Dr Chaturvedi said: “Limit your social media browsing. Even after work, people tend to spend a lot of time on social media, which increases your screen time by more than 7-8 hours a day, if you have to.” work on a screen”. Working on a bigger screen is always better.
Use a desktop instead of a mobile device or laptop. Watching on a small screen means the distance is smaller. The closer to the screen, the higher the pressure. If your screen is bigger, you can work at a greater distance. You can increase the font size,” said Dr. Chaturvedi, take frequent breaks and follow the 20-20-20 rule.
Take a 20-second break every 20 minutes. Put a reminder on your screen or phone, something that tells you to step away from the screen every 20 minutes. Look at least 6 meters away from the screen for half a minute.
The American Optometric Association recommends the 20/20/20 rule: Take your eyes off the screen every 20 minutes and focus on an object at least 20 feet away, for at least 20 seconds. Also, children should be away from screens for at least 10 minutes every hour.
Then use some kind of moisturizing eye drop, Dr. Chaturvedi added. Watching a screen leads to dehydration, so using eye drops recommended by a doctor can help.
