Tired eyes are one of the most common complaints eye doctors get from their patients. In this era of computers and mobile devices, the average person in the United States spends about 10 hours, 39 minutes daily in screen time.[1. Howard J. (2016). Americans at more than 10 hours a day on screens. CNN, Cable News Network, 29 July 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/health/americans-screen-time-nielsen/index.html]
Asthenopia
Asthenopia is the technical name for tired eyes. It describes a number of symptoms resulting in eye strain and/or fatigue, red eyes, blurred vision, pain in or around the eyes, mild or severe headaches, and rare double vision which generally begins after many hours of close work on the computer or other close work. Some of these problems arise because computer/smartphone users’ blink rate slows[2. Golebiowski B, Long J, Harrison K, Lee A, Chidi-Egboka N, et al. (2020). Smartphone Use and Effects on Tear Film, Blinking and Binocular Vision. Curr Eye Res. Apr;45(4):428-434.] causing the eyes to be dry and resulting in eye tiredness. [3. Choi JH, Li Y, Kim SH, Jin R, Kim YH, et al. (2018) The influences of smartphone use on the status of the tear film and ocular surface. PLoS One. Oct 31;13(10):e0206541] Continue reading “Do You Suffer From Tired Eyes?”
Do your eyes spend more than 4 hours a day looking at the screen of an electronic device? If so, you are at risk for computer vision syndrome. Computer vision syndrome symptoms include eye strain, fatigue, dry eyes and headaches from staring at a screen too long.