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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : April 22, 2016 2:30 PM IST
Get your eyes checked: If you have noticed your child constantly rubbing his eyes, it could be because of blurred vision and not wearing specs. In that case, make sure to immediately address the uncorrected eye number by visiting your ophthalmologist before he develops a stye. A common cause of styes is constantly rubbing one’s eyes due to blurred vision.
How often do you see your kids playing with your smartphone before they fall asleep? While, you may think that looking at the screen will help your child fall asleep it can be extremely harmful to your baby s eyes. A team of South Korean doctors has found a link between excessive smartphone use and an eye condition in children before the age of five. Using mobile phones have many other health hazards.
According to a Telegraph report, doctors at Chonnam National University Hospital in Seoul found that heavy smartphone use has led to children becoming cross-eyed. Strabismus, commonly known as cross-eyed or wall-eyed, is a vision condition in which someone cannot align both eyes simultaneously under normal conditions. One or both of the eyes may turn in, out, up or down. According to the team, children are holding smartphones at a distance of between eight and 12 inches from their faces. The team found that the eye condition in nine out of 12 children was treated successfully when they avoided smartphones for nearly two months. According to the researchers, users should not look at a smartphone screen for over 30 minutes at a time. Children showing signs of deviated eyes should consult a doctor immediately, they added.
The blue light from the cell phone can be harmful as it s the highest energy wavelength of visible light. This energy is capable of penetrating all the way to the back of the eye, through the eyes natural filters, possibly leading to cataracts and other eye diseases such as retinal damage.
Source: With inputs from IANS
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