People who suffer more from Computer Vision Syndrome

Use of computers, mobiles, tablets is increasing very much these days, so is incidence of diseases caused by their over usage behind threshold limit of human body to withstand. One of such disease is computer vision syndrome. Computer vision syndrome result out of over usage of computer monitors for a very prolonged hours and that too without any break in between. 

Computer vision syndrome is very common these days due to heavy usage of computer screens, tablets, mobiles for prolonged hours and that too without any break. Question is, “Who suffer more from computer vision syndrome?” Who are more prone to suffer from computer vision syndrome? People who are more prone to suffer from computer vision syndrome are-

• Information technology employees suffer more from computer vision syndrome as their work schedule involve sitting in front of computer screens and working on computer screens for seven to eight hours constantly at stretch and that too without any break in between work hours. And if we add enjoyment hours spent on computer, for example for playing computer games; to seven or eight work schedule, then hours spent on computer screen become much more beyond normal threshold of human body. If these hours are spent on computer screens without any break in between; then they are sure to result out in computer vision syndrome.

• People who use computer in incorrect sitting position- are also prone to suffer from computer vision syndrome. Incorrect sitting posture involves for example, sitting in slumping or slouching position constantly for prolonged hours and that too without any break can cause computer vision syndrome.                                                                                                  

• People who use wrong kind of computers- under which comes computers which contain conventional LED monitors which create a flickering, which strain your eyes when viewed for long hours without any break in between. They can also cause computer vision syndrome. Computers whose monitors create a flickering effect causes lots of eye strain. Exposed to prolonged flickering of computer screens for long hours can cause serious eye health damage.

• Those children and young college students who spent most of their time more than 8 hours in front of computer screens for work as well as for pleasure activities and that too without any break in between causes computer vision syndrome along with doing lot of damage to eye health.

• Corporate employees, who keep sitting in hunched position for prolonged hours in front of computer screens and too without any break in between; suffer more severely from computer vision syndrome. Because they have to work on computers for prolonged hours in uncomfortable hunched position.