Tips to avoid harmful effects of computer and smartphone screens on your eyes

COMPUTER screens have always been the proverbial double-edged swords where on the one hand they help us with all sorts of activities from business to entertainment, from health consultations to online courses, from stocks and finance to online shopping, while on the other hand, they have a major role in creating health issues, especially for the eyes.

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Syndrome (CVS) ranges from mild to severe and involves eye redness, dryness, grittiness, tiredness along with headaches, sleepiness, eye pain, shoulder and back pain and blurring of vision for both near and distance. This leads to decreased productivity and non-resolving symptoms in the affected person.

In an interview, Dr Anuradha Ghorpade, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Connect and Heal, revealed, "In children, especially those who spend a long time on the mobile phone playing games, along with the effect it has on memory and logical thinking, screen time increases the chances of inducing high refractive errors (high power glasses ) which in the long run have their own problems and complications.

Also due to constant eye rubbing due to tiredness, there are high chances of eye infections including styes and conjunctivitis which can also spread to others due physical contact with the touched hands."

She pointed out, "In some people, especially the old with less space in their eyes (narrow angles) constant near work can precipitate an attack of acute glaucoma which presents as severe pain, redness and blurring of the vision.