Does computers & smart phones use cause eye disease?

Innovative electronic devices are widely used by people around the world for easy their works. Among them laptops, tabs and smartphones are most used for educational purposes, entertainment, business purposes and freelance jobs. Web design, graphic design, logo design, are most famous freelancer jobs among young people. Young people are tempted to use the latest android, ios, os devices use to do that jobs. Young people get these jobs full time and part time. I also use smartphones and laptops for my various activities. When I use  my laptop and iPhone remedy for more than 5 hours a day, then  it caused my eyes to ache and headaches. This situation persisted and I did a Google search to find out what I could do about it. The remedies I have tried are as follows.

Protecting eyes from computer screens and smartphones is more important than ever, but effectively tackling the problem is more about prevention than treatment.

Simple preventative measures help protect eyes from computer screens and smartphones

How To Protect Eyes From Computer Screen

1. Use The 20/20/20 Rule

Your eyes aren’t designed to stare all day at something directly in front of you. With the 20/20/20 rule, you give your eyes a much-needed break during long workdays. 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. 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 will not blink as much naturally, you'll have to be conscious of this and force yourself to blink.

2. . 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. Keep A Sensible Distance

3. 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.

Just like computers, mobile phone screens present an opportunity to cause eye strain. The fact we use them in place of pen and paper for virtually everything means it’s something we all need to talk about. But how do phones affect your eyes?

Eye Strain From Phone Symptoms

Eye strain from phone symptoms are much the same as computer eye strain symptoms. Mobile phone eye strain may cause dry eye and irritation, painful throbbing headaches around the eye region, and even blurred vision.

However, we use our phones differently to computers. With computers, we may spend hours looking at a screen.

We use smartphones for short period of times throughout the day that can total hours of usage. This is better for the eyes, but if you’re straining when you use the device, it can mean these symptoms stay with you throughout the day without you realizing they’re a result of mobile phone eye strain.

Let’s take a look at how to protect eyes from phone screens.

How To Protect Eyes From Phone

1. Adjust Screen Settings

It’s easy to forget that your screen can be customized, because it looks fine straight out of the box! Everyone’s eyes are different, however, and all smartphones allow you to change contrast, brightness, and text settings.

Lower the brightness when you’re in your home, or turn on automatic brightness settings to let your phone adjust depending on your environment. Increase text size to make reading text messages easier, too!

2. Keep A Sensible Distance

You should be able to see everything on your phone screen from between 16 and 18 inches away. Don’t hold your phone too close, but if you find yourself bringing the phone closer, consider zooming in on your screen instead.

3. Use Night Mode

Modern Android and Apple smartphones offer night mode features that make it easy to automatically reduce strain on your eyes at night. Turn the feature on, and your phone will automatically adjust screen settings depending on the time of day.

Using the above tactic can reduce the inflammation in my eyes to some extent but it was not 100% success so i went to nearest glassware shop and checked my eyes. I bought computer glasses without no prescription because i passed the eye exam. They have an anti-reflective coating to help reduce glare and a tint that helps increase contrast for easier viewing. For those of us who already wear glasses, prescription computer glasses are also available.

How do you know if your glasses have anti-glare?

Checking whether your glasses have an anti-reflective coating on them or not is relatively simple. When you hold your glasses, tilt them this way and that and look for glare. What you will see if you have an anti-reflective coating is a bit of glare, but mostly a greenish and pinkish color.

The inflammation and headache in my eyes healed after wearing the anti-glare glasses. If you also get rid of such eye discomfort while using computers, go to a doctor and have your eyes checked and 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.