Longer Screen Time in Pandemic Period Can Disrupt Health …

JAKARTA – During the pandemic, many activities from work to school are carried out virtually. Online activities require everyone to face the gadget’s monitor screen and sometimes it takes a long time. Therefore we need the right solution so that we can continue to carry out activities smoothly without any health problems.

Ophthalmologist Dr. Sekar Ayu Sitoresmi, SpM, M.Ked, Klin said that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected various aspects of our lives, and various professions have been affected, such as reduced field work, to meetings, seminars, and schools. online.

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“Everything is done online and the telemedicine sector is affected, health consultations are also carried out online and then there are limitations to sports and recreation,” said Dr. Sekar in a Focus Group Discussion with the theme “Living in Digital, Beware of Eye Health” which was broadcast live on Youtube Sindonews, some time ago.

“Why should we care about eye health during a pandemic, because eyes can be one of the ways for the covid virus to enter. The way to prevent this is at home, wash your hands properly and avoid touching your face, use masks, personal protective equipment for health workers, including factory workers, exercise and maintain body nutrition for immunity and avoid obesity, “said Dr. Sekar.

He explained, there are two problems that often occur in the pandemic era, first, namely Dry Eye Syndrome or dry eye symptoms, which occurs due to prolonged use of gadgets every day.

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“Whereas if you look at the gadget screen, the frequency of blinking decreases, it doesn’t blink as often as it should be, which is 15 times per minute, if you see the screen it can decrease 5-7 times per minute or half of what it should then dry eyes occur,” said Dr. Sekar.

Then the second problem, Digital Eye Strain or eye fatigue, which occurs due to close work, including writing, reading on printed paper or digital devices for a long time and causing blurred eyes due to continuous accommodation.

“Accommodation is the eye’s ability to focus vision, from looking far to seeing close, that is what focuses on the eye muscles to accommodate, that is what causes fatigue in our eyes so that eye fatigue symptoms can occur and headaches can occur,” said dr. Sekar.

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