JABAR EKSPRES – Eyes are important assets for humans that help them work, do activities, and learn various things. Maintaining eye health is very important to avoid vision problems that make it difficult to do daily activities.
For millennials, technology is an integral part of their daily lives. Exposure to radiation from television screens, cellphones, computers, and laptops can certainly endanger health if not properly anticipated.
Workers who work intensely with computers can even experience computer vision syndrome (CVS), which is eye and vision complaints due to working in front of a computer for too long.
A good lifestyle and eating nutritious foods are needed to prevent eye health problems.
Ophthalmologist Dr. Raissa Vaniana Hartanto Sp.M. said how to maintain eye health can be divided into two, namely from the lifestyle and food consumed.
“Dangerous lifestyles that are often done such as the distance with the device is too close, the recommended distance is 50-60 cm,” she said in a release, Tuesday (6/20).
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When using gadgets, try to be in a bright place to get good lighting. It is not recommended to play gadgets while lying down.
In addition, he continued, it is also necessary to limit “screen time”. For adults, it should only be six to eight hours a day.
As for children aged three years and under, they should not be exposed to gadgets at all because it is feared that it can damage the eyes,
“Age four to six years should be approximately one and a half hours a day, age seven to 12 years should be three to four hours,” he said in a press release received on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, workers who often stare at laptop screens are advised to rest their eyes with the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes rest your eyes for 20 seconds by looking at a distance of six meters or 20 feet.