{"id":276696,"date":"2020-11-26T05:20:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T10:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276696"},"modified":"2020-11-26T05:20:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T10:20:15","slug":"eye-health-at-risk-during-pandemic-warns-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/26\/eye-health-at-risk-during-pandemic-warns-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye health at risk during pandemic, warns expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_276697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276697\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-276697\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cardmapr-N8Pnhrcr73o-unsplash-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-276697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He recommended precautions to protect eye health. (File photo: CardMapr\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Increased use of digital devices during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic could affect eye health adversely, a Turkish eye doctor warned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Atilla Bayer told Anadolu Agency that as online education has replaced face-to-face education in most countries because of coronavirus, both adults and children should be aware of the risk of myopia as a result of increased usage of smart phones, tablets and computers.<\/p>\n<p>Arguing that the use of smart devices for a long time adversely affects blinking reflex, he said: \u201cThe duration that eye remains open increases, and consequently dryness, known as xerophthalmia, occurs. Symptoms such as redness, watering, sense of burning are more common in dry environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Synthetic tears can provide relief in case of dryness in eyes, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer said that with the decrease in blinking reflex, light sensitivity can increase in children with allergies. \u201cRedness, burning, fast blinking can occur, and even tic disorders may emerge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He recommended precautions to protect eye health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least 60 centimeters [nearly 24 inches] of distance should be set between the eye and the device,\u201d Bayer said. \u201cEyes should be rested every 30 minutes. One should go out to balcony or garden, and look at the horizon line to change the near focus to far focus, spend time with family and indulge in different activities,\u201d Bayer said.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer said the brightness level of the screen is also of critical importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScreen brightness should be at optimum level, not too bright. Not only should they set brightness and distance properly, but the screen should be kept at eye level as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also advised limiting the use of gaming devices during this period.\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA\u00a0\u2013 Increased use of digital devices during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic could affect eye health adversely, a Turkish &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":276697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276698,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276696\/revisions\/276698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}