Digital Screen Use Can Affect Your Eyes

It’s difficult to take breaks from the digital world, especially when it seems like there’s always one more email to send or just one more post to read.

Screen time is on the rise all over America, and although staying connected can be convenient, our eyes can become exhausted from overuse.

When our eyes become sore and tired after an extended amount of screentime, it’s referred to as digital eye strain. Seal Beach Eyes offers a variety of treatment options for your tired, weary eyes. Contact us today, and get ready to experience relief!

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Explaining Eye Strain

Eye strain can occur after focusing on a task or object for a prolonged period. You can experience eye strain after driving for an extended time or reading too long without taking a break to rest your eyes.

Your eye strain is considered digital when symptoms occur after working on a screen for more than 2 hours. This condition is sometimes referred to as computer vision syndrome.

Symptoms of eye strain include:

Irritated eyes
Red and watery eyes
Headaches
Sore neck and shoulders

Tricks to Help Manage Your Symptoms

The 20/20/20 Rule

The 20/20/20 rule helps alleviate digital eye strain symptoms on a short-term basis: every 20 minutes, look at an object 20 feet away for approximately 20 seconds. Regular breaks can help your eyes readjust and relax.

Eye Drops

We recommend contacting Seal Beach Eyes before purchasing over-the-counter eye drops. Eye drops act as a quick fix to rehydrate your dry and tired eyes, but some ingredients may not be suitable for certain eye types and prescriptions.

Please contact our team before using any over-the-counter products.

More Hints

Here are a few more additional hints to help manage your eye strain:

Blink often to help refresh your eyes
Yoga time! Take a few quick stretch breaks!
Adjust the lighting in the room
Reduce screen glare
Adjust the height of your monitor to ease the stress on your neck and shoulders
Adjust your screen settings

Relief is Waiting

Thankfully, digital eye strain has no long-term consequences on your vision! All it takes is some simple adjustments to your daily digital habits to relieve sore, tired eyes.

If you follow our hints and don’t notice a difference, give us a call to book an eye exam. There are other eye conditions with similar symptoms to digital eye strain, and we’ll work with you to find the source of your discomfort. Let us help alleviate the strain!

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