HOW TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF MYOPIA AFTER REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOR OFFICE WORKERS?
Office workers have to be in contact with computer for at least 8 hours a day. Even though they want to have refractive surgery, they may not make a decision because of the fear of myopia re-occurrence. In fact, patients can still preserve their vision quality after refractive surgery if they know how to use eyes correctly. Let's find out 5 tips to use eyes for office workers after refractive surgery to always keep their vision sharp through the article below!
Blink often
Humans usually blink about 15 times a minute. However, scientific studies show that we only blink about 5 to 7 times a minute when using computers and other digital devices.
Blinking has the effect of providing the necessary moisture on the corneal surface, limiting eye fatigue and dry eyes. Try to blink as often as possible to maintain eye moisture, thereby preventing eyes from drying out and maintaining good visual quality. Patients can even stick sticky notes near the computer to remind themselves to blink often and gradually form good eye habits.
Use artificial tears
Artificial tears is one of the drugs indicated after myopia surgery with the effect of supporting the healing of corneal epithelial cells. In addition, the daily use of artificial tears also brings a lot of benefits to the eyes such as moisturizing, reducing discomfort caused by dry eyes.
For people who work in offices, being exposed to air conditioning can be the cause of dry eyes. Therefore, the use of artificial tears can be prolonged, even after the eye has completely recovered from myopia surgery.
Follow the 20-20-20 rule
The 20-20-20 rule is often recommended by experts to control myopia progression and prevent reoccurrence in the patient's eyes. Office workers can take advantage of this practice to give their eyes a rest and relax, avoiding the situation of having to focus on looking at close for a long time, causing eye fatigue, adjustment disorders and decreased vision. eye sight.
Specifically, every 20 minutes of near vision, the patient should look 20 feet (6m) away for 20 seconds. This method is simple, easy to practice and can be applied flexibly in daily life.
Adjust the lighting environment when working
Make sure the workspace has enough light, adjust the computer screen brightness appropriately, similar to the ambient light level, this way, the eyes will not have to adjust too much, through It helps to avoid eye strain, eye strain that affects vision quality. Besides, the use of yellow light is considered to be better than white light, so choose the right type of light bulb for the best eyes.
Adjust the distance from your eyes to the computer screen
The sitting position when using the computer should also be noted by office workers to avoid re-access. According to experts, when using a computer, you should sit 25 inches away from the screen (equivalent to ~63.5cm, about the length of an arm).
In addition, the position of the eye center and the center of the screen is also very important. The patient should adjust the screen so that the eyes can look slightly downwards when working, not looking straight ahead or upwards. In addition, you should also adjust the font size and font accordingly for the most comfortable viewing.
In addition to the above notes, patients should combine with a healthy diet and activities, use anti-blue light glasses or blue-light filter screen mode, and have regular check-ups every 6 months to ensure proper health care. Protect your eyes from nearsightedness.
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