CHILDREN AND COMPUER USE - points to remember

Millions of children work on the computer on a daily basis. While this may be a necessity in some cases as they may have school assignments, some may be just playing computer games for hours on end. It is important to be aware of the harmful effects of computer use in children.

Dry eyes
Adults do complain of symptoms of dry eyes like redness, pain , irritation of the eyes  after prolonged computer use. Children also have the same symptoms but they have some unique aspects which makes them more susceptible to the eye problems

Use of adult computer
Children may not adjust to the table height or the ergonomics may be wrong. Hence they may end up having eye strain or back and neck pain

Increased tolerance
Children are too engrossed in their own world and may ignore the warning signs like eye strain . If they have an underlying refractive error or eye problem they may ignore the poor vision as something that everyone may have. Children many a times have a hypermetropia or plus number which they can overcome with their eye power, but this may become an issue when they use the computer for long hours.

Reduced blinking
Children are not bothered about other things when they are hooked on to computer games and reduced blinking will lead them to forcefully blink their eyes or to severe eye strain.

Accommodation problems
Focussing can be at strain and the internal eye muscles may fatigue because of the excess eye strain .
This can lead to difficult focusing for distance - accommodative spasm.

Room lighting
The room light should not be too bright nor too dark. Comfort while viewing is a must.

POINTS TO REMEMBER
1, PREVENT CONTINOUS USE
2, GET THEIR EYE EXAMINED IN CASE OF ANY ISSUES
3, CHECK THE ERGONOMICS
4, USE OPTIMAL LIGHTING
5, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PLAY OUTDOORS

BLEPHAROPLASTY FOR BEAUTIFUL EYES

HE WILL BENEFIT WITH A BLEPHAROPLASTY

Baggy upper lids Bulging fat pockets Loose sagging skin

He needs BLEPHAROPLASTY because he has ….

                        Heavy and droopy eyelids – sign of premature aging

                          Obstruction of vision

        Irritation from excess folds of eyelid skin rubbing together

     Forehead discomfort from overused muscles that strain to lift sagging skin in the eyelid area

WHY AN EYE SURGEON OR OCULOPLASTY specialist should perform this?

There are minute structures close to the eye and with approaches like an internal approach, one needs to have in depth knowledge of the surgery as there are muscles like the inferior oblique and the infraorbital and supraorbital nerves and vessels which have to be safeguarded.

Do Clear Eyes = Beauty?

Eyes are described as the most expressive of our facial features and the "windows to the soul." But it seems that eyes — in particular the sclera or "whites" of the eye — also reveal the status of our physical and emotional health and our desirability as a potential love match.

"Traits such as long, lustrous hair and smooth or scar-free skin are cues of youth and offer the beholder a partial record of health. Now clear eye whites join these traits as a universal standard for the perception of beauty and a cue of health and reproductive fitness."

Our patients

We at AXIS EYE CLINIC routinely perform blepharoplasty and ptosis surgeries. And this surgery is one of the most successful and rewarding surgeries we perform.

UPPER LID BLEPHAROPLASTY

·         Is performed via a lid crease incision, it is scar free and very cosmetic

·         One can combine a ptosis surgery (elevation of the droopy lids) along with this

               

LOWER LID BLEPHAROPLASTY

·         Is performed preferably by a transconjunctival incision, again scar free with quick recovery

AXIS EYE CLINIC

CENTRE FOR OCULOPLASTY, SQUINT, ARTIFICIAL EYES AND LOW VISION AIDS

20 Prashant Society, Paud Road, Pune 411038. Tel 020 2543 1100, 94220 33224

email: call@axiseyeclinic.com

www.axiseyeclinic.com

Consultant : Dr Ramesh Murthy