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This is an old article, but I found these points interesting:
Spending a lot of time in low-humidity environments, such as air-conditioned office buildings or airplane cabins, also can promote dry eye, as a recent study published in the journal Cornea found. And staring at a computer or smartphone screen for long periods also can contribute to dry eye, as people forget to blink....
Later in the article:
Every time you blink and your top lid touches the bottom lid, the meibomian glands squirt oil that stabilizes the tear film, said Dr. Marioneaux. "If you're not blinking completely, which actually a lot of people do, you're not getting the release of this oil. So oil backs up in the lid and begins to get thicker and starts to clog up the oil gland," she said.
So I guess when we're using the computer, we're not blinking "completely" as the doctor mentions? If I'm not interpreting this incorrectly, it would make sense that computer use has the potential to begin the inflammatory cycle. Of course, we all know that there are other factors at play as well, but it's something to think hard about.
What on earth is our society going to do? Come on with some "no screen" technology, and quick!! : )
This is an old article, but I found these points interesting:
Spending a lot of time in low-humidity environments, such as air-conditioned office buildings or airplane cabins, also can promote dry eye, as a recent study published in the journal Cornea found. And staring at a computer or smartphone screen for long periods also can contribute to dry eye, as people forget to blink....
Later in the article:
Every time you blink and your top lid touches the bottom lid, the meibomian glands squirt oil that stabilizes the tear film, said Dr. Marioneaux. "If you're not blinking completely, which actually a lot of people do, you're not getting the release of this oil. So oil backs up in the lid and begins to get thicker and starts to clog up the oil gland," she said.
So I guess when we're using the computer, we're not blinking "completely" as the doctor mentions? If I'm not interpreting this incorrectly, it would make sense that computer use has the potential to begin the inflammatory cycle. Of course, we all know that there are other factors at play as well, but it's something to think hard about.
What on earth is our society going to do? Come on with some "no screen" technology, and quick!! : )
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