Eye Care in the Digital Age
We are just a month away from celebrating one year anniversary of the lockdown imposed in the country due to the Corona virus pandemic. Not just India, every other country had closed it's doors, kept it's citizens within its boundary and asked them to stay at home till the situation gets in control. With schools, colleges, offices and businesses shutdown, initially people had no work to do. The only way to pass the time staying indoors, apart from doing household chores, was to consume content digitally. We all were either playing online games or scrolling through social media or watching movies/web- series. Our screen time went up to 12-16 hours a day. This had a huge impact on our health, especially the eyes and the brain. The constant exposure to the blue rays coming out of screen can harm the eyes. Redness and irritation being the short term effects, it can also lead to headaches, migraine, disturbed sleep cycles and impaired vision in the long run if not controlled...