Seeking Advice: How Can I Reduce Eye Strain and Fatigue?

[dailymediainsight]

Hey fellow forum members,

Lately, I've been experiencing increased eye strain and fatigue, especially after long hours of screen time. I'm sure many of you have faced similar issues. I'm reaching out to seek advice and tips on how to reduce eye strain effectively. Are there specific exercises, ergonomic changes, or perhaps blue light filters that have worked wonders for you? I'm open to any suggestions to make my work hours more comfortable and protect my eyes. Your experiences and insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Erick Miller

[Ron_AKA]

If you wear/need glasses you may want to consider single vision lenses optimized for the distance you view your computer monitor at. Progressives can be a pain when viewing a monitor as your head position is so critical. You may also want to think about how high your monitor is relative to your eye level. Many monitors are set up too high, and there can be benefit in lowering them so you are looking more down at them than up.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

"Daily" your problem is shared by hundreds of millions given the amount of screen time many people rack up each day.  This is what might be done:  1 start out with a complete eye exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. Rule out a need for glasses, rule out a difficulty coordinating near work (convergence insufficienty) rule out dry eyes. Discuss your probledm with the eye doctor.        These are general rules to help with screen time:  reduce screen time to what is essential,  every 10 minutes look up from your screen, look out the window or at the furthest thing in the room and forceably blink your eyes 10 times ((this stretches and relaxes the focus muscle in the eye   like when you have been standing a long time and you sit down to take a break.    Especially if your eyes feel hot, burny, cry find an artificial tear that make you eye feel not dry, put it in before you start your screen session.  Put in each hour.  Blue light filters have not tested out helpful, some people like them, won't hurt anything.