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Are you getting headaches, stiff neck or aching back? Does your vision get blurry at times? Do you work on a computer for extended periods of time?

Computer Vision Syndrome

American Optometric Association (AOA.org)

Do you suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome? Symptoms like:

  • Headaches
  • Neck strain
  • Backaches
  • Wrist pain
are common known complications for most heavy computer users. However, the more prevalent symptoms include: eye-strain, blurred vision and dry-eye.

 

In fact, accroding to the American Optometric Association (AOA.org), eye and vision problems are the most frequently reported health care problems among computer users.

To learn more about how to prevent and / or reduce symptoms, you can visit the AOA.org site to learn more about techniques like: workstation set-up, how frequently to blink, resting your eyes and much more information.  Here is a link to the AOA.org site which addresses such matters.

http://aoa.org/x5072.xml

 

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