[olug] eye strain

Sat Sep 13 23:54:23 UTC 2003

Eric:

	There is a relatively new product out on the market now called
Systane (by the people at Alcon Laboratories).  They are eye drops that
lubricate your eyes.  They helped me a ton with dry and irritated eyes.
I've been wearing contacts and glasses for a long time and this stuff
supplements them rather well (although, you can't use this product if you
have contacts in at the moment, but you can if you wait 5 minutes or so).
	The secret is that it contains polyethylene glycol and propylene
glycol for lubricating the eyes.

Hope this helps as a pharmacology solution.

		--John'

John Dietz
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-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Francis Geiger
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 5:14 PM
To: Omaha linux user group email
Subject: Re: [olug] eye strain

Eric,
just wanted to toss in my 2 cents worth.  I'm 55yrs old and have been
wearing glasses since 4th grade.  A friend suggested I get computer
glasses.  So now I have a special pair of glasses where the eye doc set
the distance for the glasses from my eyes to the computer screen.  The
glasses are only good when looking at the computer.  I have to take them
off to do anything other than work on the computer, like see across the
room. The glasses eased the eye strain and neck pain.
  Everyone has made some great suggestions!  I'm going to look at a few
myself.
Good luck!  The sum of all the good things will bring success.
Grant 

On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 23:01, Eric Pierce wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I wanted to know how everyone deals (or doesn't deal) with eye strain.
> 
> I took my first full time computer job in January this year, and the long
hours
> spent in front of the computer has been taking its toll on my eys for some
> time.
> 
> I spoke with my boss a few months ago about getting an LCD monitor to
replace
> the CRT, but he says we don't have the funds at the moment, so I'm picking
up a
> Kogi 14.1" w/my own $$ today to take into work.
> 
> If I stay away from the computer after coming home in the evenings, my
eyes
> take advantage of the down time and "recover" from the toils of the day. 
> However, that's not always possible because I need some personal time
online
> (like now).
> 
> I probably need glasses (and have so for several years), but I'm a
stubborn
> fsck and haven't yet gone to the eye doctor.  Should I face the music?
> 
> Anyway, thanks for reading.  Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Eric Pierce
> 
> 
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