eye exams in Grande Prairie

Finding relief is only an appointment away! Our expert team at Aurora Eye Care can recommend some strategies to help alleviate digital eye strain symptoms, such as:

• Taking a screen break. If you feel like your eyes are tired, sore, and irritated, try the 20-20-20 rule; spend 20 seconds looking 20 feet away every 20 minutes. Breaks like these can give your eyes a chance to resume frequent blinking and readjust before returning to work.
• Anti-fatigue lenses use two corrective powers to maintain distance vision while alleviating eye strain for close-vision tasks, such as computer work.
• Office lenses are specialty lenses designed to relieve some of the strain on your eyes when doing computer and near work. A blue-blocking coating can help your eyes by limiting the amount of blue light entering your eye from your screen. Blue light causes difficulty focusing, so reducing the amount of blue light hitting your eyes can help reduce eye strain.
• Enhanced dry eye treatment may be beneficial if your eye strain is worsened as a result of dry eye. There are treatments available to help relieve the symptoms of dry eye and, subsequently, help with digital eye strain.
  Adjusting your work set-up, using specialized lenses, and some pharmaceuticals can be very effective in managing eye strain.

Digital eye strain shares some symptoms with dry eye disease, like:

• Irritation
• Blurry vision
• Wateriness
• Eye pain
• Excessive blinking

If you’re struggling with eye strain regularly, book an appointment with us today. We can assess the cause of the eye strain and develop strategies to provide you with relief.