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Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)

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On 2014-04-02, polygonum wrote:
> On 01/04/2014 22:07, Randy Westlund wrote:
>> I get blurred vision and headaches.  The quality of my vision
>> actually varies quite a bit depending on what I've been doing in a
>> given day.
>>
>> I had great vision until college, when I started spending a lot of
>> time in the computer labs and got glasses (weak prescription) in my
>> second year.
>>
>> Now, I'm 24 and spend 10 - 15 hours a day in front of a screen (90%
>> of that being work).  I can feel my vision deteriorating.  Yesterday
>> I needed my glasses to see my computer screen for the first time --
>> I normally don't wear them for close-up things.  I think in 5 years
>> I won't be able to see without them.
>>
>> I try to walk around and take breaks, but... there's work to do.  It
>> makes me sad to think about what I'm doing to my eyes, but I'm not
>> sure what I can do about it.  Oh well :/
>>
> You do realise that there are other possible causes, some of which 
> possibly have absolutely no connection to computer screens?
>
> For myself, my vision started to deteriorate about six years ago, after 
> using computer screens since the 70s. I got "monitor" prescription 
> glasses. I needed to use eye drops to keep going. Colour perception 
> diminished. Focusing became something I had to think about. I really 
> wondered if I might have to do something else.
>
> Then my thyroid test showed deterioration and I was diagnosed 
> hypothyroid. With adequate treatment, the improvement in vision and 
> everything related to my eyes has been quite remarkable.
>
> Not saying this is the cause for you, there are many.

Thanks for pointing that out.  Conventional wisdom and the last
optometrist I saw seem to consider screens the most likely cause,
but hearing a few of you guys make points like this makes me feel a
little better.

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        Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-03-31 19:49 +1100
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          Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-31 20:49 +0200
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  Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-01 21:07 +0000
    Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-04-01 16:17 -0700
    Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-02 08:59 +0000
    Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-04-02 19:43 +0100
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        Re: Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-04-02 15:18 -0400
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