| If you work in an office, do your eyes
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| | readjust your focus and taking short but
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| hurt by the end of the working day? You
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| | frequent breaks, your eyes and your head
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| aren't alone: about 88% of all people who
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| | will feel much better even after long
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| work with computers experience a type of
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| | hours of work.
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| eyestrain known as Computer Vision
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| | 5. Make page designs "eye friendly"
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| Syndrome (CVS). After all, a computer
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| | If you have to do a lot of online
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| screen isn't exactly the most natural
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| | research, you probably have seen pages
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| thing to look at. Perhaps a couple of
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| | that look like they were designed to
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| thousands of years of evolution would
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| | inconvenience the reader as much as
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| solve the problem ... but I am sure you
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| | possible. Don't you love those pages with
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| aren't prepared to wait this long.
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| | tiny, white type on a black background?
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| Fortunately there are a few simple things
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| | Most Web browsers let you change the font
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| you can do to minimize computer
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| | size of a page; in Internet Explorer it
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| eyestrain.
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| | is done by opening the View menu, and
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| 1. From time to time look into the
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| | then choosing Text Size. And here is a
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| distance, to readjust the focus of your
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| | trick for dealing with pages with dark or
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| eyes
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| | busy backgrounds: drag your mouse across
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| The human eye has trouble staying focused
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| | the text to select it - it inverts the
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| on computer images and text. Our eyes
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| | colors, and you will see dark text on a
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| involuntary drift away, so we tend to
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| | light background, just as nature
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| force them to remain focused on the
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| | intended.
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| screen.
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| | 6. Whenever possible print pages for
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| This flexing of the eyes' focusing
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| | reading; don't read from the screen
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| muscles, all day long, is a real struggle
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| | Reading printed material is much less
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| for your eyes. So take your gaze away
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| | stressful, for your eyes, than reading
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| from the screen as often as possible. The
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| | from the screen. And you will be more
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| key, here, is not to take long breaks but
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| | productive too - it is a proven fact that
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| to take frequent breaks. Every few
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| | people read printed text 25% faster than
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| minutes look away from the screen and
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| | they read text from the computer screen.
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| focus on a far away object - out the
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| | 7. Adjust the light
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| window, for example.
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| | When working at the computer you don't
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| 2. If you wear contact lenses, go for the
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| | need a very bright light. Direct sunlight
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| best quality not the lowest price
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| | and lighting in most offices are way to
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| Because computer users blink less often,
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| | bright. Put the blinds down on a sunny
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| their eyes tend to dry out, and some
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| | day. It is best to turn your monitor so
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| contact lenses contribute to this dryness
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| | the window is on its side, not in front
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| even more. Ask your doctor to prescribe
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| | or behind it. Soft light of a desk lamp
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| contact lenses that don't dry your eyes.
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| | from the side is also an option. If the
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| Acuvue Advance with Hydroclear or Focus
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| | light in the office is too bright, you
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| Night and Day might work well for you.
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| | can wear tinted computer glasses.
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| See suggestions on soft contact lenses
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| | 8. Adjust the brightness of your monitor
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| for computer users.
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| | The color white, on your computer screen,
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| If money is an issue, find out how you
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| | shouldn't shine like a light source. You
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| can get discount contact lenses online.
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| | can adjust the brightness of your monitor
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| This usually turns out to be 50% - or
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| | to a little bit below default. However,
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| more - cheaper than buying them from the
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| | remember to keep the contrast high,
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| doctor's office.
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| | otherwise it will be even more difficult
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| 3. Close your eyes for a few seconds
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| | for your eyes to stay focused.
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| Because looking at the computer is a
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| | 9. Get your eye examined every 12 months
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| constant struggle for the eyes, people
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| | If you need vision correction it is
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| concentrate and tend to blink much less
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| | important that your eyeglasses or contact
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| often than normal. This causes dryness of
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| | lenses fit your needs. Wearing corrective
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| the eyes.
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| | eyewear that isn't up-to-date increases
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| It is difficult to force yourself to
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| | the stress on your eyes.
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| blink more often, but you can close your
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| | 10. Ask your eye doctor about special
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| eyes every time you are waiting for your
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| | computer glasses
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| machine to do something.
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| | These are usually multifocal glasses that
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| 4. Take a short break every hour
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| | help you to focus better on computer
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| It is recommended that you take 10
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| | text. They can also be tinted, which
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| minutes away from the computer for every
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| | helps if the lights in your office are
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| 50 minutes spent at it. Move around the
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| | too bright.
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| room, stretch your back and do a few
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| | Follow these simple rules and you will
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| simple exercises.
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| | notice that, by the end of the day, you
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| If you can teach yourself the habit of
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| | won't feel so exhausted and your eyes
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| closing your eyes often, looking away to
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| | won't hurt nearly as much, if at all.
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