With the
correct eye care program that includes eye exercises, and proper diet and
supplementation, you can significantly effect and even improve your vision.
Computers
& Vision
More than 50
percent of computer users experience eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision and
other visual symptoms related to sustained use of the computer. This type of
stress on the visual system can also cause body fatigue and reduced efficiency
at work. In addition, there are now indications that heavy computer users are at
risk for glaucoma.
Many of these
symptoms can be reduced through a combination of correcting workstation
conditions, posture, stress-relieving lenses prescribed specifically for
computer operation, special anti-glare screens, eye exercises and nutritional
supplementation.
We were born to
have hunters' eyes, needed for spotting game or danger at a distance. But
during the last 50 years nearly all our work and much of our recreation, for
example, video games, has shifted the focus of our vision to arm's length. This
increased amount of near visual tasks often produces such changes as
nearsightedness, suppressed vision in one eye, poor eye teaming and reduced
efficiency at work and at play.
Many computer
users experience visual stress due to: 1) an increase in the number and
complexity of necessary eye movements and focusing skills, 2) poor lighting
conditions, glare and distracting reflections, 3) screen flicker rate, and 4)
above all, the extended amount of computer use.
