With the popularity of electronic office and smart phones, we spend more and more time facing the screen every day.
According to the survey, nearly 80% of Chinese people stare at the screen for more than 4 hours a day, while about one-third of high-frequency users use electronic devices for more than 8 hours a day. (Longer than sleep …)
Many office workers often suffer from dry eyes, red envy, soreness and other symptoms, and suffer from work needs. They cannot leave the electronic screen. Over time, they even do not want to open their eyes, their heads are drowsy, and their attention cannot be concentrated, which has had a great impact on their work and life.
Eyes are dry and tired, what’s the matter?
Dry eyes, red eyes, itchy eyes, soreness and even headache, the common causes of these discomfort are dry eye and asthenopia.
Unfortunately, dry eye and asthenopia are just a pair of [good friends], which is easy to form a vicious circle of [the more tired, the more dry, the more tired].
The reason why office workers have so many eye troubles is related to long working hours and bad eye habits. Specifically, the reasons are as follows:
Step 1 Blink less
Don’t underestimate the action of [blinking]. Blink more can help better distribution of tears, reduce evaporation of tears, and make tears evenly distributed on the surface of eyes.
When we concentrate on staring at the screen, the number of blinks will be significantly reduced, and the distribution of tears will have problems. First, the eyes will be dry, foreign body sensation and tingling sensation. In addition, it may cause eye inflammation, red eye, eye itching and other conditions.
Step 2 Look too close
Looking close for a long time will make the eye muscles excessively tense, blurred and the eyes feel sour and swollen. It happened that the eye nerves are sensitive and extend in all directions, which easily leads to pain and sour swelling in nearby organs.
We often say that this is the reason why we look at things [dizzy]…
Eye drops, see green does not protect eyes
Many office workers have their own eye protection methods, but some methods are unreliable and some may even hurt their eyes.
1. The screen is turned green without eye protection.
Looking more at green is to hope that everyone can look more outdoors and in the distance. It is useless to turn the screen of computers and mobile phones to green, but it may make things more uncomfortable because of color deviation.
2. Cool Eye Drops May Hurt Eyes
Many over-the-counter eye drops treat symptoms but not root causes. Adrenaline, hormones, antibiotics, etc. may also be added to them. It seems to be very effective to start using them. In the long run, it may aggravate red eye and eye dryness, and the loss outweights the gain.
3. Use of eye washing liquid may induce infection
Some eye diseases really need to be treated by eye washing in the hospital, but it is not recommended to wash your eyes blindly.
The eyes themselves have the ability to clean themselves. Blind eye washing will not only cause the beneficial components of tears to be washed away, but also damage the tear film structure, thus posing risks of infection and corneal damage.
4. Wearing and stopping glasses aggravates fatigue,
A pair of suitable glasses can not only make everyone see clearly, but also prevent eye fatigue.
If you feel unwell after wearing glasses to watch the screen for a long time, you need to go to the hospital to check the problem first to see if there are any problems such as inappropriate degrees, instead of stopping wearing glasses without authorization.
Effectively relieving dry eyes and acid swelling
1. Rest frequently during work
It is suggested to rest for 5-10 minutes every half hour after watching the screen. You can close your eyes, look at the distance or gently massage the circumference of your eyes to help relieve the acid swelling of your eyes.
If you are afraid of forgetting to rest at work, you can set an alarm clock to remind yourself.
2. More outdoor activities on holidays
Many office workers do not care to rest their eyes at work. They stay up late on holidays and weekends, either facing TV or mobile phones. How can their eyes relax?
If conditions permit, go outdoors as much as possible during rest, see the scenery in the distance, exercise your body, and relax your eyes.
Step 3 Use artificial tears
The composition of artificial tears is relatively simple and safe. When symptoms of dry eyes and sour eyes occur, artificial tears can be used to relieve the symptoms first.
However, we still need to go to the hospital to investigate the cause of the disease, and don’t delay the treatment of the disease because of the use of artificial tears.
4. Hot or cold compress
During hot compress, the meibomian gland in the eyelid can secrete grease to the surface of the eye, reducing the evaporation of tears, thus improving dry eye symptoms.
Hot compress can be said to be the most recommended physical therapy by ophthalmologists.
In addition, when the eyes have obvious swelling or inflammation such as red eyes and itching eyes, it can also be applied for a short time to calm and relieve.