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| Computer Vision Syndrome FAQs | 1) You often ask who is affected by Computer Vision Syndrome.
More than 143 million Americans work on a computer daily, 88% of them suffer from computer eyestrain. If children work on the computer for a long time, they suffer from stress and their vision gets worse.
2) You often ask about the the symptoms of CVS.
Computer vision syndrome (CVS) appears when a child works on the computer more than two hours daily. The symptoms of CVS are:
 * Headaches
* Loss of focus
* Burning/tired eyes
* Double/blurred vision
* Neck and shoulder pains
3) You want to know about the causes of Computer Vision Syndrome.
Computer Vision Syndrome is caused with the difficulty with focusing on most printed material, that has dense black characters and well-defined edges. It is very easy for healthy eyes to focus on the printed page. Images on a computer screen don't have this contrast or well-defined edges. The images (pixels) are brightest at the center and lose its brightness toward their edges. Such contrast causes problems with maintaining focus and remaining fixed onto these images. It is very difficult to focus on the screen; it leads to fatigue and the burning, tired-eyes feeling.
4) You want to know how this problem can be solved.
It is recommended to consult an eye doctor who specializes in computer vision care. He helps you with computer vision problem and says what computer working distance is the best for you; he also prescribes you computer eyeglasses for comfortable and productive work.
5) It is interesting for people to know if glare screens prevent CVS.
Glare screen filters are not able to solve your computer vision problems, they only affect glare from the computer screen, they cannot solve the visual problems caused by refocusing of your eyes at a computer. It is recommended to have an anti-reflective coating (AR) on all computer eyeglasses that helps to avoid glare and reflections on the front and the back of the lenses that makes unable focusing on the screen.
6) You inquires if computer eyeglasses make the screen clearer.
Computer eyeglasses help to solve the problem of the constant refocusing while looking at the screen. Correctly prescribed computer eyeglasses are used to provide higher productivity and accuracy.
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