Especially those who are against the screen all day. I need some advice.
Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
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Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#2I wished I rested my eyes more and rehydrated my body more frequently. When I lost my eyes ability to focus it was like an on off switch, it can focus only on my screen after a few minutes of staring at it. After a few months I cant control it anymore and had to wear glasses. Doctor says at age 40 above eyes get dried and lose ability to gocus because the lens is alteady hard
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#3Take a break every 1 hour for 2-5 minutes. Use rehydration drops if you have dry eyes. Avoid low lighting areas and I try to reduce brightness in my laptop if it hurts my eyes. Supplements for Vitamin A,C, B3 etc. are also helpful (use it after a medical advice though).
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#4Move monitor further away, set brightness to match ambient light, adjust contrast, http://www.clickonf5.org/hardware/adjust-brightness-contrast...
If you wear glasses, ask optometrist for computer prescription.
Force yourself to blink when using the computer, https://iristech.co/blink-detection/
Take regular breaks: set 20 min timer, look for 20 seconds at an object at least 20 feet away, https://lifehacker.com/5976390/use-the-20-20-20-rule-to-figh...
Avoid flourescent lighting.
Avoid extended sitting: https://glarminy.com/2016/11/29/sedentary-lifestyle-cause-in...
Install flux or redshift on computer to reduce blue light after sunset.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#5Take a break every 1 hour for 2-5 minutes. Use rehydration drops if you have dry eyes. Avoid low lighting areas and I try to reduce brightness in my laptop if it hurts my eyes. Supplements for Vitamin A,C, B3 etc. are also helpful (use it after a medical advice though).
On the subject of drops, it's worth speaking to a pharmacist about getting eye cream/gel if you find that you suffer from dry eyes.
I used to get occasional headaches, and maybe once or twice a year I'd get a minor corneal abrasion, which I assumed was from stuff getting into my eyes. After a while, I was recommended by a doctor to try an eye cream for night use, and the difference was vast. Alongside my eyes feeling much better, I was sleeping better as well, which the doctor put down to how the eyes move in the head while asleep, and my eyes scratching against my lids.
I use drops during the day when I feel the need to, and on occasion when I feel tired I'll use the eye cream. Since then, no problems with my eyes and no headaches.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#6Move monitor further away, set brightness to match ambient light, adjust contrast, http://www.clickonf5.org/hardware/adjust-brightness-contrast... If you wear glasses, ask optometrist for computer prescription. Force yourself to blink when using the computer, https://iristech.co/blink-detection/ Take regular breaks: set 20 min timer, look for 20 seconds at an object at least 20 feet away, https://lifehacker.com/59763…
Awesome tips. Just adding to it:-
Hydrate yourself. Have your sipper around you all the time.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#7I use flux and my phone's night mode. I also try to look away from the PC and focus on a more distant object once in a while during the day (luckily I have a window right behind me, lots of interesting focus points). I'm not as consistent with this as I'd like to be though. I also had LASIK in 2009 which had the biggest positive impact on my eyes of anything else I've done so far.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#8I have perfect vision but I use +1.00 reading glasses. That way my eye muscles aren't working hard all the time to focus up close.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#9I’ll put basic stuff in here, which should be obvious but from talking with ophthalmologists, often doesn’t happen:
- visit an eye doctor on whatever schedule they recommend (usually every other year) and immediately if your vision changes.
“Immediately” is not “I’ll call/go if it’s still a happening in 2-3 days” like it might be for, say, going to the doctor with fever. Don’t wait.
- When I’m wearing contacts, I usually take them out and re-wet them (not just eye drops) in the middle of the day.
- Obvious but statstically, someone reading this probably does it: don’t ever reuse contact solution.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use/do for keeping your eyes healthy
#10I’ll put basic stuff in here, which should be obvious but from talking with ophthalmologists, often doesn’t happen: - visit an eye doctor on whatever schedule they recommend (usually every other year) and immediately if your vision changes. “Immediately” is not “I’ll call/go if it’s still a happening in 2-3 days” like it might be for, say, going to the doctor with fever. Don’t wait. - When I’m wearing contacts, I usu…
Don't reuse contact solution? Uh-oh, I do this. It stays in the case for 2-3 days typically. Apparently I should stop...