How to protect eyes from blue light?

The eye is one of the important senses in our daily life, but the blue light radiation brought by the development of modern science and technology poses a certain threat to eye health. In Shanghai Eye Hospital, we have advanced equipment and professional medical team to provide you with comprehensive eye health protection services. The following will introduce how to protect eyes from blue light in detail from four aspects: eye protection posture, eye exercises, diet adjustment and rational use of electronic products.

Eye protection posture

Looking down at mobile phones or computers for a long time will lead to visual fatigue and cervical spondylosis. Therefore, it is very important to maintain correct eye protection posture. First, keep a proper distance, about 40-50 cm from the screen, and look at the screen in parallel. Secondly, you should often close your eyes and rest, work or study every 60 minutes, and rest for at least 5-10 minutes. In addition, proper eye movement can also help relieve eye muscles. After focusing on visual tasks for a long time, squinting, moving eyes up and down, left and right, and other manipulations can help alleviate visual fatigue.

Eye exercises

Eye exercises is a simple and effective method of eye health protection. Through a series of actions such as eye rotation, eye relaxation, far and near sightedness adjustment, it can increase eye blood circulation, relax eye muscles, and effectively prevent eye diseases. For example, you can turn your eyes from myopia to farsightedness, and rotate your eyes 5-10 times; Or close your eyes and gently massage the acupoints around your eyes with your fingers to relieve eye fatigue. Eye health exercises can be carried out in the middle of work or study at the right time. Adhering to it for a period of time every day will significantly improve the health of the eyes.

Dietary regulation

Diet is also important for eye protection. First, take more foods rich in antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E, such as carrots, lemons, cherries, etc., which will help reduce the damage to eye cells caused by blue light. In addition, appropriate intake of foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as deep-sea fish, flaxseed, etc., will help blood circulation in the eyes, reduce inflammation and dryness in the eyes. It can also be supplemented with some blueberry extract, which is rich in anthocyanins and can enhance the resistance of the eyes to blue light.

Reasonable use of electronic products

Electronic products have become an indispensable part of our life, but overuse will cause damage to the eyes. In order to reduce the harm of blue light to eyes, some measures can be taken. First, adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen and set it to a relatively low state to reduce the direct contact of the eyes with blue light. Secondly, using eye protection filters or wearing standard goggles can effectively filter out part of the blue light. In addition, reasonably arrange the use time, take a break every other time, and properly contact with outdoor natural light to provide the eyes with a chance to relax.

Summary:

Through correct eye posture, eye exercises, diet adjustment and reasonable use of electronic products, we can effectively protect our eyes from blue light. Shanghai Eye Hospital provides you with professional eye health protection services to protect your eye health.