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| Dameges caused by technological devices |
TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVISES CAUSES BLURRED EYE VISION
”MYOPIA”
According to Shlomit Schaal, an
eye surgeon and assistant professor of Ophthalmology at the University of
Louisville, myopia is a condition caused by a combination of hereditary factors
and environmental factors that include close work or stress on the eyes caused
by reading also focusing on a near objects, such as smart phones and laptops or
computer which can strains the eyes. When a phone or other device is held close
to one’s face, it forces the eye to work harder than usual to focus on text.
This is a very serious issue because we lose our vision at a very young age
while back then it was known that only elderly people are the ones who struggle
a lot from that. Nowadays it’s the opposite because of the new technological
devices that mostly target
young people example youth and people at professional or varsity level because
of they are the ones who make use of those devices a lot, it’s like because of
this new technological devices we cannot enjoy our natural vision without
glasses or contact lenses.
Myopia is a
very secretive problem because of before you can do eye testing you cannot
notice it, you can take it for granted thinking that its nothing serious until
you get tested and you are told you cannot drive or have your learners without
glasses, that’s how sad it is. Myopia can be treated and managed if known by
individuals by simply taking regular breaks, and blink when using their
devices, looking around at objects that are at different distances. Regular eye
testing is also important because of if there is a problem with your vision it
can be corrected with glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
Depending on the degree of your myopia, you may need to wear your glasses or
contact lenses all the time or only when you need very clear distance vision,
like when driving, seeing a chalkboard or watching a movie. The progression of
myopia can lead to eye diseases and blindness if not treated well or an
individual is given glasses with minus power lenses that are prescribed by
uncaring doctors. New technology is more advance easy to access and makes life
easy and fast but what about our health, is like it always has bad or harmful consequences,
it is also addictive for example the smart phones that we use, it is not easy
to put them away, our eyes are always focused on them because of we spend lot
of time chatting with our friends, colleagues and friends forgetting the impact
the device has on our eyes. Sometimes we spend lot of hours doing our school
work for example typing our assignment without shifting or resting our eyes
then they become blurry, the management skills for myopia are forgotten by then
and buy the time we are sixty years
older we cannot see at all because of these devices. Technology needs to be
advance with no harm in our lives so that we can live longer and happy after
all.
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