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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Fort Worth Aging Eyes

Eye Care Tips

Eye care is very important. If possible, have it I do not want to wear glasses again. It seems there are young parents, on the wear glasses, do not be angry, but some people look at capturing the mirror with his eyes. Care glasses require more patience and observation, if not lost expenses for care provided spectacles. For those who do not use glasses, below included some tips eye care so that it looks better capture of the age we are.

1. Make Check Points
Many individuals who use computers should undergo eye examination at least once a year. For those who want to start or find new jobs associated with computer use, should still place for check-up points still place to determine the level of vision and eye health.

This inspection is essential to prevent the syndrome that may occur and can detect problems or blindness 'dry eye'. According to the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), eye examination for employees who use the computer industry is very necessary. Individuals should report to an ophthalmologist or optometrist how often the use of computers in one time.
 
2. Use of appropriate lighting
Fatigue of the eyes due to increased use of computers when there is excessive light from external sources (the sun) and the light in the home or office. Rightly, the lighting around the computer must be fainter than half, the infrared light used in homes and offices normally.


Use your office or room light with low intensity or use of the lamp / bulb's little. If you can not use the computer at the side windows bring sunlight, close the window and over a light source for comfort.
 
3. Reduce glare
Eye fatigue due to glare from the light source can occur due to reversal of the light from the surface of the wall, computer screen and so on. Avoid using the room's walls are white and colored light, such as a computer screen is used to filter light.

For the user of glasses, make sure your lenses are Anti-Reflection Coating (Multicoat) to minimize glare in the eyes while reducing the stress on our eyes.

4. 'Upgrade' Monitor
Monitor the old type (CRT) will produce 'flicker' is a resource and a major factor, 'Flicker' will become more visible if the monitor only has a refresh rate of less than 75 Hz. Set the monitor refresh rate of 75 Hz for more comfortable computer use.

Better still, switch to the LCD monitor as I found on the laptop screen. This type of flat screen should be a 'dot-pitch' low (less than 0.28mm) to use to provide less load on the eye and choose a large LCD screen for more comfort.
 
5. Renovation Evidence and Contrast Aksara
Font size should be in line with our comfortable and visibility is too small .. jgn Object or tulisan need different Contrast for avoid discomfort at eye example tulisan hitam should matched background berwarna bright and do coincide dgn background dark or fibrous with various color.

6. Points with Frequent
Try to exercise ni: Every 20 minutes using the computer, pause and kelipkan eyes perlahan2 to close their eyes entirely. Repeat 10 times and then continue working again.

According to the study, individuals who use computers, will not blink. Lack of eye blinking will cause tears to the eyes layer evaporates leaving the animal has no protection. This phenomenon is called 'Dry Eye'. Computer users should provides bottle 'artificial disorders' to wet eyes when feel dry and sandy, circumstances eyes this dry worsened when in room or office airconditioned.

7. Views
Once the muscles of sight focus long on a computer screen, Rest the muscles involved in trying to look at objects far away for a while every 20 minutes. This can reduce the stress on the ball of the eye still place.
Another exercise you can do is to look at a distant object for 10-15 seconds and then return to see close objects well for 10-15 seconds. Repeat for 4-5 times. Training is important so that the muscles focus is not stiff as a result of the use of computers over .. If otot2 focal seizures, computer users will be blurred to see a distant object after use of computers.

8. Take Time To Relax
According to the study NIOSH, computer users who break only 5 minutes but at 4 times during the day better and relieve from the computer user to break 15 minutes at 2 times during hari.Dalam this case, the amount of rest is more important than the rest long time. When resting, do 'stretching' shoulders, neck and back to relieve the muscles involved.

9. Modify Order Desk Job
If you need to look at alternate between "print copy and a computer screen, put 'print copy' next to the monitor by using the 'stand' to prevent fatigue in the muscles Eye. You can use your desk lamp, but do not torch on a computer screen or the eyes.

Modify seats still place the same level with the computer screen to computer screen is 10-15 degrees below the plane of sight, still place, modifying the distance between eyes and screen Better still, the extent to 50 cm.

10. Wearing special glasses for computer use
Prolonged computer user (although that does not dim) may be considered to wear special glasses to provide comfort in doing various jobs at hand.

Get info from the Optometrist in the vicinity of the special lens, consult brand in markets such as Hoya and Essilor Remark Anti-Fatigue. Do not be confused with the so-called as a magnifying lens to the computer but low cost. This lens only provides protection against excessive light generated by the computer but does not provide any function in the eye and prevent stress on the overall SPK.