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prepress_brillance_43 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 01:33 PM

What, if anything, is everyone doing to make your eyes not hurt after staring at a monitor for 8 hours a day... just curious..

TimS · #2 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 01:58 PM

Lower the ambient light around you. Make sure overhead fluorescents are not reflecting off the screen.

I always feel like I am a member of a guinea pig generation: the first people to spend their careers staring at computer monitors. I wonder if we will all have a higher incidence of eye cancer or stuff like that.

On that cheery note: have a nice day!

BigD · #3 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:10 PM

I go home after work and get on the computer at home but my eyes aren't sore.

Are you using an LCD or CRT monitor?

LCD's seems to be less stressful on my eyes....

D.

prepress_brillance_43 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:16 PM

I have an LCD. I took the bulbs out of the flourescsents long ago and brought in a 60 watt lamp that sits behind me off to the side where there is NO reflection.. thanks for the imput, is there any others??... I havent been at this long(3 yrs) and I worry about the long haul and whether they will be damaged irreversibly.

Cory · #5 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:45 PM

take frequent breaks....

I try and get up for a few minutes every hour or so..

GGraham · #6 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:50 PM

Hi Folks,
What? You have not turned into a mushroom with the low light, monitor radiation and all the lack of information???
I’ve been wondering about cataracts and if there is an exceptionally high rate of them in this industry.
GGraham

Jalan · #7 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:55 PM

A good technique is to not always look at the monitor. Find an object across the room that you can focus on. Do this a couple times an hour and that should help. Another cause of eye fatigue is the fact that we forget to blink, it's a known condition. So make sure when you take breaks to blink.

texasgirl · #8 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 02:57 PM

Our company went through a “Safety Phase” awhile back and gave us a bunch of literature about ergonomics and such. One of the things it talked about was the 20/20/20 rule – every 20 minutes look 20 feet away for 20 seconds.

Maybe some eye drops?

prepress_brillance_43 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 06:06 PM

the eye drops are a good point, I have a bottle at my desk, in my car and at home. I try to use them regularly. thanks for all the good comments everybody.

hotmetal · #10 (**permalink**) 07-26-2006, 06:43 PM

Back in the '80s I was in a big Compugraphic typeshop in New York, a few months after Suffolk County (on Long Island) had passed a law mandating proper lighting and keyboard heights for computer workers.

I was having headaches and wrist pain and I asked the boss if I could turn the monitor away from the windows and get a taller chair.

He said, and this is a direct quote that I'll never forget: "This isn't Suffolk County. Quit complaining and get back to work."

I found a new job, 5 bucks more an hour, too, about a month later. I was one of his best operators and he got fired soon after.

Two years later the Mac was elbowing its way into our shops and we adapted or died. Me, I'm still alive. Watch those eyes and fight for a good chair!