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digital eye FATIGUE
Technology connects us to the world and to each other, which makes it a bigger part of our lives than ever before. While technology provides convenience on many fronts, exposure to blue-violet light emitted from digital screens can cause digital eye fatigue.
WHAT IS BLUE-VIOLET LIGHT?
Blue light is a color in the visible light spectrum that can be seen by human eyes. It’s made up of blue-violet light, LED blue light, and blue-turquoise light. While the eyes do a good job of filtering other forms of light, they aren’t as good at filtering blue-violet light. This means that more blue light can pass through your eye to the retina1.
Though blue-violet light primarily comes from the sun, artificial blue-violet light can be projected from the digital screens of smartphones, tablets, computers and TVs.
Digital devices fit so naturally into our daily lives that it's easy to forget how "unnatural" it is for our eyes to stare at a digital display for hours. With the increased use of these devices, we are exposed to more blue-violet light overall from both natural and artificial sources.
WHAT CAUSES
DIGITAL EYE
FATIGUE?
Digital eye fatigue refers to a wide range of physical symptoms you may feel when working on a digital device for a prolonged period of time. Eye fatigue symptoms vary because everyone has different habits. However, the most common symptoms are blurred vision, general eye discomfort, squinting, dry eyes, shoulder and neck stiffness, and headaches.
Digital eye fatigue has also been cited to cause an earlier onset of age-related macular degeneration symptoms2. If you're using a digital device for more than two hours at a time, you may be feeling the effects of digital eye fatigue. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent and reduce digital eye fatigue and its symptoms.
WAYS TO PREVENT
EYE
DISCOMFORT
The average screen time in the U.S. is over seven hours per day3. If you're using a digital device for more than two hours at a time, practice these habits to help ease the effects of blue-violet light and avoid digital eye fatigue:
Many adults who use digital devices regularly and experience eye discomfort do little, if anything, to ease their symptoms. Schedule an eye exam to make sure you're doing everything you can to reduce digital eye fatigue symptoms associated with blue-violet light exposure.
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