In today’s modern life, the computer has made our life much easier but it has come with a set of health hazards. The repetitive and prolonged working of computer has escorted to a parallel increase in the condition called CVS (Computer vision Syndrome).
The eye problem related with computer are not limited to professionals who spends long hours in front of the computer screen, however, also to children who are frequently obsessed to online gaming and teenager captivated to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
People who spend majority of their time in front of the computer often complain of fatigue, eyestrain and dry eyes. Such people also experience pain, redness, glare and diplopia or headaches. While working at the computer your eyes and muscles go through little physical and psychological changes, stated experts.
The rise is radical and the main worry is that it is not seen among people of productive age but also kids above the age of ten. They have seen cases of CVS among, IT professionals, kids who are captivated to computer games and natives, explained Dr. Jeevan Ladi, chairman of Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOS), India.
About seventy percent of populace working in IT sector face this problem and are usually at the eye clinics. They are absorbed so much that they forget to blink eyes. As a result their impulsive rate of eye blink, which is a mechanism that keeps eyes uniformly moist, reduces radically.
To tackle problem of CVS, Dr. Ladi suggested 20/20/20 exercise. This means, to take a visual break at regular interval of twenty minutes, looking away from computer screen and focus your eyes for about twenty seconds on an object situated at distance of twenty meters and then get back to work.