Do you often find yourself rubbing your eyes? After working on a display screen or reading a book, do you wind up having a headache? Do you seem to have problems focusing your vision, with or without glasses? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you may be suffering from eyestrain. Your vision is one of your most important senses, and by not recognizing the signs of eyestrain, you leave yourself subject to a host of problems, including: - Headaches- Blurred vision- Eye pain- Dry eye- Excessive tearing- Excessive blinking- Double vision- Eye fatigue- Heavy eyes- Burning sensation- Difficulty focusing- Poor night vision- Neck & shoulder pain- Poor visual acuity- Bloodshot eyesThe good news is that there is no reason to suffer from these common and annoying symptoms. Noted optometrist and bestselling author Jeffrey Anshel, OD, has written a guide to understanding and eliminating all of them. Written in plain English, What You Must Know About Eyestrain provides you with the up-to-date information required to identify the source of the problem—whether it is your display screen, inadequate lighting, poor nutrition, or merely the process of aging—and take the necessary steps to resolve it.If you are one of the millions of people suffering from eyestrain, you will discover that, with few exceptions, most of the solutions to this problem are both simple and relatively inexpensive to achieve. With a copy of What You Must Know About Eyestrain in hand, you will be able to see your way to comfortable vision.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction
1. Your Eyes and the Visual System, 3
2. What Is Eyestrain and How Do You Know if You Have It?, 13
3. Eyestrain in the Digital Age, 19
4. Children and Eyestrain, 37
5. Maybe It’s Your Glasses?, 51
6. Lighting, 65
7. Visual Stress, 73
8. Aging, 81
9. Nutrition and Your Eyes, 93
10. Medications, 133
11. Eye Exercises, 141
Conclusion, 157
Glossary, 159
Resources, 167
References, 169
About the Author, 173
About the Author :
Jeffrey R. Anshel, OD, received his bachelor of science degree in visual science and his doctorate of optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry. After his service in the US Navy, Dr. Anshel went into private practice, offering his patients nutritional guidance and other alternative therapies as part of their vision care.
Review :
"Optometrist Anshel (Smart Medicine for Your Eyes) tackles the common ailment of eyestrain in this informative guide . . . offers plenty of small but significant ways to improve or correct the problem . . . there's a helpful 'symptom and cause chart,' a useful 'Three B' mantra (it stands for blink, breathe, and break), and some workspace modifications to implement. Anshel also explores the anatomy of the eye, visual stress, eye strain in children, vision and aging, and the possibility of eyeglass lenses to help the issue, even if one has good sight . . . almost encyclopedic in its comprehensiveness. This accessible resource will empower readers to get their eyes in check."
"An extremely important book for anyone that is glued to a computer screen - of any shape or size, desktop or hand-held - on a hourly/daily/weekly basis . . . your vision is one of your most important senses, and by not recognizing the signs of eyestrain, you leave yourself subject to a host of problems . . . The good news is that there is no reason to suffer from these common and annoying symptoms, for noted optometrist and bestselling author Jeffrey Anshel, OD, has written a guide to understanding and eliminating all of them. Written in plain English, What You Must Know About Eyestrain provides you with the up-to-date information required to identify the source of the problem — whether it is your display screen, inadequate lighting, poor nutrition, or merely the process of aging — and take the necessary steps to resolve it . . . diligently written and magnificently thorough new book . . . if you are one of the millions of people suffering from eyestrain, you will discover that, with few exceptions, most of the solutions to this problem are both simple and relatively inexpensive to achieve. With a copy of What You Must Know About Eyestrain in hand, you will be able to see your way to comfortable vision."
