Any remedies for sore/stinging eyes?!


Question: Any remedies for sore/stinging eyes?
I play video games and now that I'm on spring break I'm planning on playing for long periods of time. Over the last week or so my eyes have become very sensitive to video games. I will start playing and after a short while my eyes will start to ache or sting. My eyes have become bloodshot too.

I have tried wearing sunglasses and this relieves the stinging but barely. Are there any remedies to make my eyes not hurt? I'm not playing as long as some people. Probably only 4-5 hours during the day and sometimes an hour or two at night.

Answers:

It might be eye strain. I would suggest getting some assistance from an eye doctor. Do you wear glasses? You might need to get some reading glasses to help take the strain off.

Try cutting down on the glare on your monitor.

Turn on all the lights around your tv screen and in your room. When the background of your tv is dark and your tv screen is bright it causes your pupils to constantly change sizes, and that makes your eyes sting and makes you lose your vision.
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About 7 years ago I had problems with my eyes that had grown so big I was unable to work in front of a computer screen more than 10 minutes at a time. My eyes would simply explode and all the white in them would become red. Then that happened my eyes would also become sore. It had become a vicious circle and at the time many eyes doctors were clueless and had failed to read up on common symptoms among IT people who work many hours each day behind a computer. Luckily I finally found an eye doctor that was of some help, and managed through experimentation to get my red eyes problem under control.

In the years following I tried a number of things. Some of these worked wonders. This is my own “as-is” personal list of tips and tricks to reduce problems with red and sore eyes:

?Consult with an eye doctor if you experience problems with red eyes.
?Get tear eye drops with no preservation additions. Usually that means one day dosis containers.
?Get eyedrops against allergy, again unpreserved like the tear drops.
?Make sure you do not expose you eyes to direct lighting. Experiment with slightly dimmed soft whole-room lighting.
?Turn down contrast and light on computer screen.
?Avoid reflections. Check your monitor, windows, glass frames etc. Avoid, dim and defocus all light reflection sources as much as possible.
?Remember to blink with your eyes. Studies have shown those that work and read much at computer screens blink less, which in return dries the eyes.
?Be aware of the room temperature. Computers can warm small rooms very quickly, and this can really worsen eye irritation.
?Force some pauses into your work. Chat with colleagues, sort papers or whatever.
?Use modern “flat screen” TFT monitors. Do not use one that reflects light!
Above are things that helped me the most. In addition you can also:

?Get your eyesight checked. Glasses can help reduce eyestrain “work stress” on eye muscles.
?Try massage and relax the muscles around your eyes once in a while.
?Get checked for obvious allergies. Whether it is pollen or something else.

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Yes you could follow the above recommendations including "make sure no active eye infection/allergy going on", adjustment of computer glare, reducing computer usage for some time, consulting eye doctor (if symptoms persist or worsen), evaluation for glasses etc.

Eye infection is less likely as your symptoms are intermittent and precipitated by video games.

All the best!

Neurologist.



Well, don't sit too close to your TV, this usually happens to me, and I'll take a break every once in a while. If you have a brightness control thing on your tv this might help.




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