Eyes health alert: Daily habits damaging your vision

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In our fast-paced, screen-centric world, our eyes often bear the brunt of our daily habits. From the moment we wake up until we rest, numerous behaviors unknowingly take a toll on our precious eyesight. These seemingly harmless routines, repeated day after day, can result in discomfort, strain, and even long-term damage to our eyes. In this post, we’ll delve into 6 common but often overlooked behaviors that silently harm our eyes.

1. Rubbing eyes

Rubbing the eyes can easily lead to refractive problems such as keratoconus and astigmatism. Improper eyes rubbing can also scratch the cornea. If your hands are not clean, it may also increase the problem of eyes infections.

2. Staying up late

Staying up late for a long time and overusing your eyes can lead to eyes fatigue, dry eyes, soreness and pain, and vision loss.

3. Playing phone while lie down

Eyes that are too close to the phone screen can easily cause eyes fatigue and increase the risk of dry eye. For instance, if you lie on your side and play with your mobile phone, it is easy to cause an imbalance in binocular vision.

4. Sleeping with night light on

Sleeping with the night light on is easy to accelerate the growth rate of the eye axis, which can easily lead to the occurrence or aggravation of myopia (short-sightedness).

5. Using phone in the dark

The dazzling brightness of the screen can cause a decrease in tear production and a change in tear composition. In addition, using the eyes in dim light will cause the pupils to dilate for a long time and block the circulation of fluid in the eyes.

6. Using phone on the move

The distance between the eyes and the mobile phone cannot be fixed when walking, taking the bus, etc., and the lighting conditions are not good, which will increase the burden on the eyes.

In short, our eyes bear the brunt of our daily habits. By acknowledging and addressing the behaviors that strain our vision—such as inadequate lighting or ignoring eye discomfort—we can take proactive steps toward healthier eyes. Implementing simple practices, like frequent breaks and regular check-ups, becomes an investment in sustained eye health. Let’s commit to these small changes today for a clearer and brighter tomorrow for our eyes.