Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
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Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#2I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter.
Can the damage be reversed?
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#3I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter. Can the damage be reversed?
I'm 31 and I had perfect vision just 3 or so years ago. I got my first smart phone 6 years ago and I too wonder if I would have better vision today if I had used it less. And right now I'm wondering if I should create a regiment of "looking outside" for an hour every day at work. Maybe that would help at least stop things from getting worse.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#4Related: myopia is one of the most common health problem that occurs to prisoners.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#5I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter. Can the damage be reversed?
I'm 31 and I had perfect vision just 3 or so years ago. I got my first smart phone 6 years ago and I too wonder if I would have better vision today if I had used it less. And right now I'm wondering if I should create a regiment of "looking outside" for an hour every day at work. Maybe that would help at least stop things from getting worse.
Be careful - the study clearly states that what's important to keep a good vision is exposure to (supposedly natural?) bright light. There's no real link between too much screen-time and a decline of it as the article states.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm 31 and I had perfect vision just 3 or so years ago. I got my first smart phone 6 years ago and I too wonder if I would have better vision today if I had used it less. And right now I'm wondering if I should create a regiment of "looking outside" for an hour every day at work. Maybe that would help at least stop things from getting worse.
Be careful - the study clearly states that what's important to keep a good vision is exposure to (supposedly natural?) bright light. There's no real link between too much screen-time and a decline of it as the article states.
I gather that screen time is a contributing factor only because when you are staring at a screen you probably are not doing it outside in bright sunlight.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#7I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter. Can the damage be reversed?
Is there any proof/research that it is because of smartphones (screens?)? My anecdote; I have had myopia since I was 7 (I am 45 now), 1 year before my first computer. Since then I have spent most my waking life behind screens and my myopia has been getting less slowly since my first glasses. I now can see quite well without glasses which I could not do 15+ years ago. Also, I should be up for reading glasses soon, but I can read the tiniest fonts on the tiniest screens without reading glasses (I need my normal glasses for that though), which gives me a lot of real estate on small devices (for instance working on a 4k remote desktop on my iPad pro 10inch; of course it does not show the entire desktop at once (you scroll which makes it really a nice kind of 'virtual desktop' system for me) but for me it's comfortable to read while other people cannot even see what i'm doing as the fonts are really minuscule). My eyes don't get tired though and never have on screens, even when screens where crappy flickering low res CRT things (huge fonts of course, compared to what I use now).
Maybe the spending time outside is more related to it as this article says; I work almost exclusively outside. I abhor cold so I only spend my days in warm climes where I work outside behind my computer/phone/tablet/... for the entire day. When I have meetings, I try to get people to meet outside, which usually works (most people like this far more than staying inside, even if it's chilly, but not with freeze/rain/snow of course).
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#8I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter. Can the damage be reversed?
Yes you can get Lasik.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#9Isn't myopia beneficial? When eyes get adapted to screens, books maybe it's bettter? I can see every single pixel on screens and it's very useful in daily life. Far sight is useful only rarely - when driving, and when hiking in mountains. And near sight worsens with age, maybe previous myopia slightly prevents that.
On quora they agree https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-benefits-being-short-sigh...
Thanks for reminding me about myopia, I will get glasses (if anything, just for mountain views). One time I tried someone else's glasses and it was wonderful, completely different world when being outside, extremely sharp, not blurry.
Re: Increased rates of myopia linked to reduced time outside, studies suggest (2015)
#10I had 2020 vision till 2012 (39 years old then). I am convinced that my myopia onset was perceptibly accelerated with the purchase of my first "smart phone". And the constant use of it: Whatsapp & twitter. Can the damage be reversed?
You can try a yogic practice (Trataka – Still Gazing).
>>> Many years ago, someone who used to work for me was struggling with poor memory. He wanted to be alert and disciplined but it was almost like laziness was a disease and he was suffering from it. Not in the physical sense because he was out and about working on stuff all the time but there was no productivity, focus or any significant output. We (him and I) figured he severely lacked focus. I told him to practice trataka for three months every day. It would help him with his memory and focus. He followed the instructions diligently and at the end of three months, there was remarkable improvement in his memory and recall. But, memory improvement wasn’t the main thing. As a result of the practice, another, totally unexpected, thing happened. He reported a blurred vision in spite of wearing spectacles. He went to the optometrist only to find out that he no longer needed the prescription glasses (for short-sightedness or myopia). He had been wearing glasses for more than a decade. I’ve observed on numerous occasions that yogic practices do channelize the flow of various energies in the body. It changes your gaze, gait and movements. It even affects your speech in its own positive way. You slow down a bit but become more effective, more mindful. An unfailing sign of a true yogi is stillness of the gaze. Even some advanced meditators struggle to keep their eyeballs still (even when their eyes are closed). Stillness of the gaze has a remarkable effect on the energy flow in your body. There is a specific yogic practice to perfect your gaze. The method of fixing your gaze on an object is called trāṭaka. Movement in the eyes, flickering of the eyelids represent a subtle flaw in your posture as well as meditation. Practice of trataka is the best practice to eliminate this flaw. Like all other yogic practices, do it every day for at least 40 days to benefit from it.
Excerpted from: https://www.amazon.com/Million-Thoughts-Meditation-Himalayan...