• April 26, 2024

Currently 68% of millennials suffer digital visual fatigue , a physical discomfort that is felt after being two or more hours in front of a screen , whether computer, Smartphone or television, and that fortunately it is possible to alleviate, indicates a report of the Vision Council .

One of the main causes of digital visual fatigue is the blue light emitted by electronic devices, which increases the voltage of the eye more than other colors that have a longer wavelength, it is explained in the investigation .

The good news is that the digital visual fatigue It can be corrected with small, but substantial changes. We present some tips that will be very useful.

1. Take a break

You should give your eyes a rest every time fifteen minutes at least. You can get up from your place and get away from the computer, or look at a very distant point during that time, it indicates Dominick Maino , professor of binocular vision in the Illinois College of Optometry .

2. Reduce reflections

You can install filters in your devices anti reflex , change the contrast of the screen and the brightness, or / and eliminate the objects around you that generate a lot of lighting, since this forces your view to see clearly the objects, indicate experts of Mayo Clinic .

3. Clean your screens

The dust that accumulates in them reduces the contrast and contributes to glare and the problems of reflection of the view, besides that it is another factor that forces the focus of the objects, affirms Edward Kondrot Ophthalmologist author of "Healing the Eye the Natural Way" .

4. Relocate your monitor

The screen It should be approximately one arm away and placed directly in front of your face, not to the side. Locate the monitor so that the center is between four and eight inches below your eyes This will allow your neck to relax while you read, Maino says.

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