The effect of the screen on the eyes occurs when the person spends most of the time on the screen, disconnected from the world. In the present time, from children to the elderly, everyone is spending more and more time on TV, laptop and mobile. Due to the lockdown across the country, now people's screen time has increased significantly compared to the past. Let us know the seriousness of this by the HOD of the Anand Eye & Mother Care Clinic of Adityapur Jamshedpur and Consultant FACO Surgeon Dr. Anand Sushrut on the subject.

Changed lifestyle of people is also a big reason

Due to changing lifestyle of children to elders and more and more use of TV, mobile and computer, the effect of screen is being seen on the eyes. Feco surgeon Dr. Anand Sushruta explains that, "The effect of the screen on the eyes used to be in old age, but now people are getting into puberty. The problem of ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) is being seen more in people. Earlier, it was seen in people after 60 years, but at present, this problem is also seen in people of 45 years due to the effect of the screen on the eyes. It is important to prevent disease by adopting the right lifestyle.

A look at the effect of the screen on the eyes

Dr. Anand Sushruta says that the symptoms that are seen due to laptop, mobile or watching TV for a long time are also known in small and big ones. Talking about children, they look at the mobile very closely because of that there are problems. People are not able to adjust and accommodation anything easily. People have difficulty concentrating. Apart from this, there may be problems like eye irritation, redness, heaviness in the eyes, not feeling fresh, watery eyes and headaches. It is important to seek medical advice if such symptoms appear.

These symptoms are seen in the elders

Talking about the effect of the screen on the eyes, Dr. Anand says, "Different types of symptoms are seen in the elders. If an adult works continuously on the laptop or computer from morning till evening, then in that case the fonts begin to appear blurring in the evening or after a few hours. This is due to continuous work on the computer.

Get rid of screen impact on eyes

To prevent from eye disease or to avoid these types of symptoms, Dr. That is to say, keep distance from laptop, mobile and TV as much as possible. Use these things only for the need. Only then can one be healthy. It is fatal to use more than normal. Take a break of five minutes every half an hour. Drink cold water. Try to install glasses that protect from blue raz with mobile, laptop or TV. This will not damage the rage eyes coming out of the screen and you will also feel good.

The problem of concentration and concentration is normal in children

Talking about the effect of the screen on the eyes, only the youngest children are affected by this. At present, many such games have come, due to which the children's migration has increased. Children get more angry than usual due to playing more games like shooting, fighting, racing. Due to this, irritability develops slowly. They are unable to concentrate in one place. In many cases, children do not even respond to parents. There is a need to reduce children's mobile time to avoid all these psychological effects.

Apart from this, parents should try to keep a close watch on children and their activities. What is the child doing and what is not? Every parent should be aware of this. Only then can they take better care of the child. At the same time, regular exercise is necessary to avoid these symptoms.

Some great examples of the effect of the screen on the eyes

Symptoms ranging from computer vision syndromes, ARMD, dryness of the eyes, and asthenopia symptoms can be seen. Some of the diseases and symptoms related to the effect of the screen on the eyes are as follows.

ARMD is called edge related macular degeneration. This disease involving the eyes occurs after a long period of time. The disease is found in people up to the age of 60 years. Due to this, the eyesight can go up. This happens only when there is a macula in the middle of the retina of the eye, it slides downwards. Recognition of the retina light serves to send signals to the brain. Due to this disease, you do not get a clear vision, look blur and have difficulty in reading or driving. Due to this, there would be darkness. At the same time it has been seen that some people are unable to tell the difference of colors. Medical advice should be sought if such symptoms appear in the body.

Computer vision syndrome: Talking about the effect of the screen on the eyes, it can cause computer vision syndrome disease. People who have this disease mostly work on computers. This causes eye strain and discontent. Due to this disease, people also get blur, double vision. Redness may occur with the eyes being dry. There is pain in the eyes and back of the neck with itching problem and headache. The disease can be prevented by placing the glass in front of the computer, making some distance from the computer and sitting with the eyes periodically by giving breaks from time to time and adjusting the brightness, contrast, etc. of the computer well. Doctor's advice should be sought if symptoms of this disease appear.

Asthenophia: Asthenophia is also called as istrain and ocular fatig. This happens when the eyes are tired due to the continuous impact of the screen on the eyes. This causes pain around the eyes, headaches, blur vision and, irritation of the eyes, sensitivity to light, difficulty in keeping the eyes open for a long time.

Dryness of the eyes: The effect of the skin on the eyes is that due to this people do not blink eyelids. At the same time, due to low blink rate, the eyes do not get nutrients in the form of tears and it becomes troublesome. This causes the eyes to become dry.

Symptoms of Digital Eye Strain: Talking about the effect of the screen on the eyes, if someone stays on the screen for a long time, due to this, he sees signs of dimless of light, that is, the lack of light, blurred vision, eye irritation etc. If such symptoms are seen in the body, then medical advice should be sought.

Screen effect on eyes increased during lockdown

People's time increased by 6-8% on TV, mobile, computer

Young children on mobile, laptop giving 3 hours more time than before

11% increase in download of gaming apps in lockdown

Problem of digital eye strain due to blue light vision effect

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Exercise of the eyes is beneficial

Stand upright and look upwards to see the ceiling with your mouth up, while immediately looking down at the floor, your body should not be moved.

Move the eyes slowly from left to right and right to left, do this ten-ten times.

 Keep the mouth and body fixed, move the eye over the right side and then under the right side. Exercise slowly by doing this. Do the same in left upper and left lower directions.

Rest every 20 minutes while working on the computer and watch the object placed at a distance of 20 meters for 20 seconds. Doing this is very beneficial for the health of the eyes.

In order to reduce the impact of the screen on the eyes, it is important that if you run a regular computer, then everyone from the child to the elder must get the checkup done once a year. At the same time, a break of 10 minutes should be taken at an interval of every half an hour. Should be adjusted according to the child or older body, keeping the computer. The computer should neither be above the eyes nor below. This can cause vision problems. The lighting of the screen should be adjusted according to the eyes. Try to have minimum light in the room so that it does not affect the eyesight.