How does a smartphone affect the eyes?
Intuitively, we have long suspected that prolonged communication with gadgets is harmful to our health. Now our fears have been confirmed by experts.
Experts from the German independent awareness-raising society Kuratorium Gut Sehen (KGS) confirm that prolonged gaze fixation on computer monitors and telephone displays is a huge burden on our body. For muscles, for the spine, for the psyche. And especially for the eyes! Cell phones contribute to the development of myopia, especially in children and adolescents.
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More than 50 million Germans, according to KGS, spend considerable time on the Internet every day. Teenagers and young people aged 14-29 surf the net for at least 274 minutes every day. This is 26 minutes more than three years ago. The number of people forced to wear glasses in Germany has increased by one million over the three years, according to KGS. More than a third of German teenagers already suffer from myopia. “Significant visual impairment has become commonplace these days,” states KGS Deputy Managing Director Kerstin Kruschinski.
Why are we starting to see worse?
The human eye is designed in such a way that, in normal mode, there is a constant switching of vision from near targets to distant ones. When we stare at a mobile phone display for too long, we force our eyes to constantly operate in near vision mode. Result: myopia.
This is because the eye cannot constantly train itself to distinguish between distances and adjust to different distances. But that is not all. The closer we hold the phone in front of our eyes, the greater the range of motion the eyeball has to make in order to direct the pupil in the right direction.
How to avoid vision problems?
The consequences are not long in coming: dry, reddened eyes, decreased visual acuity, photosensitivity. Another problem is blue light, which is dangerous to humans. This short-wave and high-energy range of the visible spectrum incapacitates a person's "biological clock", harms the nervous system, and negatively affects the cornea and pupil. It is impossible to avoid its effects because it is part of the solar radiation. However, the greatest concern of specialists is caused by artificial light emanating from energy-saving lamps and screens of various electronic devices. Blue light from displays damages the retina: continuous stimulation of the inner lining of the eye can cause permanent damage.