Spending Time with STEEMIT is awesome, but how can we protect our eyes? | Here are some tips I can assure you could help a lot.

in #health7 years ago (edited)

I was being inspired by @jwolf of his post for #health regarding how to take good care of our eyes of having mostly a splended times in #steemit . Thank you for the information and I have some tips also.

Most jobs nowadays involve some degree of computer usage one of it is the new social media platform where everyone gets paid to post online, has been released in beta., meaning almost everyone will be spending time in front of a computer for this. Unfortunately, this can result in eye strain or injury. In order to avoid this, you'll have to properly protect your eyes both in front of and away from the computer.

Protecting Your Eyes during Computer Use

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Sit far enough away from the screen. This is usually considered at least an arm's length away from the screen. To make sure your computer is positioned right, try the high-five test: if you can properly high-five your computer screen with a full arm extension, you're sitting too close.

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Locate the computer screen 4 or 5 inches below your eye level. Ideally, you should look down at the computer screen at about a 15 to 20 degree angle. This ensures that more of your eyeball is covered by your eyelid, keeping your eyes moisturized and healthy

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Position reference material properly. If you're using any books or papers while working, you can strain your eyes if you don't position them properly. If they're too low, your eyes will have to refocus every time you glance at them, leading to eye fatigue. You can also strain your neck by moving it to look down too often. Reference materials should be located above the keyboard and below the computer's monitor. To help do this, use a document holder or a book to prop up materials a few inches and help rest your eyes.

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Blink often. We naturally blink about 20 times every minute, but when focusing on a screen this can drop by as much as half. This means your eyes are at much greater risk of drying out when working on the computer. Since your body won't blink as much naturally, you'll have to be conscious of this and force yourself to blink.
Deliberately blink every five seconds or so.

If you find this too distracting, try taking breaks. Every 20 minutes, look away from the screen for 20 seconds. This allows you to blink naturally and re-moisturize your eyes.

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Adjust your screen lighting. Your screen should be illuminated in relation to your environment. If you're working in a brightly lit room, you can increase your brightness settings; if the room is dim, lower the settings. While the screen should be brightest object in the room, it shouldn't be on the brightest setting in a dark room.
Your eyes will often tell you if your screen isn't lighted properly. If your eyes are feeling strained, try adjusting your brightness settings in relation to your work environment.

Reduce glare from your screen. Surrounding lights can reflect off your screen and strain your eyes. There are several ways you can reduce glare and keep your eyes healthy.
Keep your computer screen clean. Dust on your screen can further reflect light into your eyes. Dust your screen on a regular basis with either a specialized cleaning cloth or spray.
Avoid sitting with a window behind you. The sun's rays will reflect off the screen and back into your eyes. If this is unavoidable, cover the window with a drape or sheet to help reduce the glare.
Use lower wattage light bulbs. Very bright bulbs from desk lamps and overhead lights will reflect off the screen. If your work space is very bright, try switching to less powerful bulbs.

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Ask your eye doctor about specialized glasses. Some glasses are specifically tinted to reduce glare from computer screens. You eye doctor can recommend a good pair of these that will help properly protect your eyes from computer glare. These are available in prescription and OTC versions.
Make sure you only use lenses specifically designed to reduce computer glare. Reading glasses won't help in this situation.

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Stop working if you experience symptoms of digital eye strain/computer vision syndrome. Eye doctors use this term to describe the adverse effects of prolonged computer use. These symptoms are not permanent and should subside when you step away from the computer for a few hours. They can cause significant discomfort, however, and if ignored can lead to permanent eye problems.

Symptoms include headaches, eyestrain, blurred vision, dark or discolored eyes, and neck and shoulder pain.
By using the steps in this section when using the computer, you can significantly decrease your risk of developing digital eye strain. Sometimes, however, the best answer is taking a long break to let your eyes rest.

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Eat foods high in vitamin A. This vitamin helps improve your vision in the dark. Orange and yellow foods tend to be high in vitamin A, so make sure you get plenty of them in your diet.
Carrots. For decades carrots have been hailed as the food for good vision. While they are by no means the only food that will help your eyes, they're packed with vitamin A and are a great food for maintaining eyesight.
Sweet potato. This is another food filled with vitamin A. It makes a tasty side dish to many meals.

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Drink plenty of water. One of the most common eye problems is excessive dryness. While there are certain conditions that can lead to dry eyes, you may just be dehydrated. Dehydration manifests itself in several ways, including decreased tear production. Try increasing your water intake to see if this helps your eyes feel less dry.

Don't forget to take care of your eyes because it serves as the camera of our soul. It captures memories and life.

Drop of your Comments and I'll surely answers you. Thank you for reading.

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thank you for reminding me.
Our eyes is the window of our soul so we should take care of it

Exactly @leviticusjohan Keep steeming friend. 😃

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Yay! You have learned a lot in our Ergonomics subject @baebiychel. This is so helpful for us steemians. We should not forget to take good care of our eyes and health.

This post is resteemed!!! KEEP STEEMING.;)

Thank you pretty @lullettematz. We should never forget our useful lessons we had on our Ergonomics subject because it help us be more informative indvidual. :-)

Upvoted this post as I too think it is important to protect our eyes. Due to my work, I have to stare at the monitor for hours and sometimes you can forget to take a break to rest your eyes.

I will also like to add the importance to protect against the blue light that is emitted. This is especially harmful when you look at your monitor at night. You can use tools from https://justgetflux.com/ to auto adjust your screen at night to reduce blue light.

Thank you for the information sir! God bless :-)

These are some great tipos and very important.

Yes it is really important to take good care of our eyes :-) take care

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