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BLUE LIGHT AND DIGITAL EYE STRAIN

1/30/2020

 
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Do you have unexplained dry, irritated eyes? Blurred vision? Neck and back pain, headaches? 

If so, your digital gadgets may be (at least partly) to blame. The results of a new survey released at the Consumer Electronics Show by the Vision Council, a trade group representing the nation's eye care products, shows that most Americans are overexposing their eyes to technology. 

Nearly 90 percent said they spend two or more hours on a digital device each day, and many spend significantly more time on them. One in 10 reported spending at least 75 percent of their waking hours looking at a screen. “Our eyes are not built to stare at digital screens all day,” said Justin Bazan, medical adviser to the Vision Council. Adults younger than 30 may be most vulnerable, with 73 percent saying they are experiencing digital eye strain symptoms as compared to 65 percent for all Americans. Women also seem particularly at risk, with 70 percent experiencing problems as compared to only 60 percent of men.


Dora Adamopoulos, a medical adviser to the Vision Council and an optometrist at Eye2Eye Optometry Corner in Alexandria, Va., said in an interview that more and more young people have been coming in to her practice in recent years complaining that their eyes are tired, red, burning or feel as though they have sand in them. "I’m getting the millennials coming in feeling symptoms you used to feel in your early 40s," she said.

​Often, all they need is to reduce their use of the devices, take frequent breaks and maybe get filtering lenses. Read more

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