Office Syndrome is a common symptom of office workers. They have the behavior that does not change posture, sit continuously for a long time or rather little physical movement. Resulting in muscle inflammation and aches in various organs such as back, shoulders, neck, arms, and wrists. Also, we found that the changing lifestyles of modern people combined with sitting and working on a computer screen for a long time around 8-10 hours per day. It can result in eye muscles working harder and increasing eyesight without knowing it. Causing the "age of the eyes" to be higher than the actual age and has a higher risk of developing eye diseases as well.
Eye problems caused by working on a computer screen for a long time such as eye pain, dry eyes, eye irritation, blurred vision, double vision can't match the light, slower image adjustment, vitreous degeneration, pinguecula, glaucoma. Which some symptoms, if not properly prevented and treated immediately, maybe dangerous until requiring surgery or may be severe to the point of blindness.
If you are one of those who be with the office syndrome and trend to eye problems, you should start to look after and nurture your eyes early before it is too late by following the recommended methods.
1. Don't forget to blink at least 10 -15 times per minute. Don't stare at the screen for long times until forget to blink. Because normally people have to blink their eyes all the time with a blink rate about 20 times per minute to spread the tears to moisten the entire eye skin. But if staring at the computer screen for a long time, it will cause the blink rate reduced by more than 60% resulting in dry eyes, lacking moisture, burning eyes, itchy eyes, itchy eyes. If you be a lot of symptoms, it will become conjunctivitis that can cause slight discomfort and sore eyes. When you feel eye irritation due to dry eyes should blink or occasionally use artificial tears.
2. Regularly rest your eyes every 20 minutes by trying to look up from the computer screen, look far away or look at the view of the green trees to relieve eye muscle fatigue and reduce eye strain.
3. Close your eyes every hour or get up and walk to change your posture to rest your body and eyesight, such as getting to the bathroom, eating snacks, drinking coffee or tea, stand up and swing arms and wriggling at least 5-10 minutes each time.
4. Align or adjust the computer screen to about 20-25 degrees below your eye level to reduce eye strain and neck pain.
5. Adjust the brightness and color of the computer screen appropriately by choosing the level that is not too bright and comfortable for the eyes.
6. Adjust the font size to read easily. Not too small or too large.
7. Sitting in a well-lit place. Whether natural light or light from a lamp and should be careful about the
reflection of the screen to reduce to a level that is comfortable to the eyes.
8. Align the sitting posture correctly and should sit about 20-30 inches away from the computer screen
9. Place documents that need to view for printing or work near the computer screen. To reduce the swing your head and to change the view range to a different level too.
10. Wipe or clean the computer screen regularly. To prevents dusting or staining on screen.
11. Choose foods that are beneficial to eye care, such as vitamin A in green leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkins, etc. that has clear research that helps to see and also helps to prevent dry eyes.
12. Choose fruit that consistently has antioxidant activity that can found in berries such as mulberry, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, goji berry, and black currant. Fruits of this berry group contain anthocyanins that help to relieve the fatigue of the eye muscles, helps to see at night and helps the blood flow in the capillaries as well. It also contains vitamin C, E, and bioflavonoid that is an antioxidant and helps to nourish the eye.
13. Get enough sleep and exercise regularly. It was better to stimulate the blood flow to the eyes.
14. If you are necessary to go out in the sun, you should wear sunglasses and avoid direct eye exposure to sunlight. If driving is necessary, you should wear good quality sunglasses.
15. People over the age of 40 or those with vision problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism should consult an ophthalmologist. In order to choose suitable eyeglasses.
16. See an ophthalmologist check your eye health at least once a year.
17. In case of abnormal vision or warning signs that the eyes are deteriorating such as conjunctivitis, eye pain, eye irritation, seeing black spots or dark shadows resembling a cobweb and saw a bright light like a flash. You should immediately see an ophthalmologist.
"Eyes" are important organs that are delicate, complex and worthy to cherish. When need to work on a computer screen for a long period, you should adjust your usage habits and avoid any risk factors that can cause eye health damage. In addition, it should be taken to prevent and pay attention to the eyes. For the results of the beautiful eyes that are ready to work hard and be with us for a long time.
