Lower the Computer Screen for Computer Vision Syndrome

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Sally V. (Atlanta, Ga) on 06/26/2011:
5 out of 5 stars

This worked for my granddaughter. At her intern ship, the computer was raised by two heavy textbooks. She complained to her mother and I that her eye was hurting her tremendously, and when she took down the two textbooks, her eye was back to normal!

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Deirdre (Atlanta, GA) on 09/21/2009:
5 out of 5 stars

I strained my eyes a couple of weekend ago when I was re-titling hundreds of posts one at a time. First time I've done that and oh, it's not pleasant. I had a constant headache and my eyes, temples, and forehead felt "fried". I had to take frequent breaks and cover my eyes with a light blocking sleep mask.

Well, when the symptoms persisted over a week making me very cranky, I jumped online and went hunting for info. I discovered that there is actually a name for this type of eye strain! It's called Computer Vision Syndrome. I started some of the exercises I read on various websites, but nothing made my eyes feel better. I also let cold water from the shower run on my eyes for as long as I could take it. Helped a bit. I tried magnesium oil which definitely helped, albeit temporarily. But it seemed the minute I started back at the computer, the headache, dizziness, and nausea would start up again almost immediately.

I then had the intuitive thought to unhook my laptop from the external monitor and try working on it in another room. Within a day my eyes were back to normal. I figured out that what healed my eyes was that I was now gazing down at the computer screen, whereas before my eyes gazing upwards. I had put my computer monitor on a stand, thinking it was better for my eyes, but apparently this was one of the triggers. The other trigger was the hours and hours spent staring at the computer screen. Bad combination.

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