Practical Eye Care Tips

The last 2 years, I estimated that I have been spending an average of 10 to 12 hours daily in front of my computer. More than half of the time due to work, and the other is blogging. Then I spend another 2 to 3 hours reading books, trade resource materials, and newspapers (yeah, I still read the broadsheet, although at times it’s simply a rehash of what I have already read from my twitter and from other blogs –the old media is slowly dying huh?).

I must confess that these have wrought undue strains on my eyes. In fact, I was already advised by my ENT doctor to reduce my time spent with these unhealthy activities. How can I? I breathe in them. He cautioned me that this might lead to permanent damages to my eye that may require expensive procedure. Otherwise, he offered these practical eye care tips:

• If you are on the same boat here, it is important to take frequent and intermittent breaks. Try breaking your concentration and allow your eyes to wander on other things to lessen eye fatigues. In my case, checking on my son while he’s sleeping or playing proves to be an effective and worthwhile escape.



• Regular eye check-ups, 2 to 4 times a year is ideal. Although this may hurt a little on the purse, but on the long term, this could mean great savings on your part because surgical procedures, such as what they offer at Boston Eye Surgery may be costly. Not to mention, that some permanent eye damages are irreversible. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Thus, early detection and correction of any eye problem is always preferable or desirable.