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Health More and more myopic due to constant use of smartphones
The use of smartphones and tablets is increasing. However, that does not remain without health consequences. Cell phone syndrome and eye damage are common conditions. Experts report the background.
Intensive use of smartphones
Shortsightedness has been on the rise in Germany for a long time. The problem is likely to get worse. According to experts, the intensive use of smartphones will lead to a noticeable increase in myopia in this country. As the long-standing director of the higher technical school for ophthalmic optics in Cologne, Wolfgang Wesemann, explained in a message of the news agency dpa, are currently about 40 percent of Germans short-sighted. "But that will definitely continue," says the expert.
Myopia through long-lasting smartphone use. Image: clownbusiness - fotolia Myopia has increased a lot
Time and again health experts point out that symptoms such as headache, blurred vision and eye pressure can occur when screens overload the head. In addition, long-term consequences threaten. According to the agency, Asia's share of short-sighted people in major cities has risen from 20 to 80 percent within a few years. It is said that this rapid development can only be linked to social changes. "This can not be a genetic development, but a change in living conditions."
As much bright daylight as possible
Also, the lack of daylight, which is associated with the lifestyle in Asian cities, play an important role. Therefore, for example, glass roofs were already being built in schools in China in order to let more light into the rooms. The fact that bright daylight protects children from being short-tempered is regularly emphasized by health experts. But not only in the Far East, but also in Germany, the proportion of short-sightedness in the age group of 20 to 29 year olds is increasing. "In the past, you became short-sighted during school, and nothing has changed after that," explained Wesemann. In the meantime that has changed.
Risk factor for further eye disorders
Already last October, experts at a congress of the German Ophthalmological Society in Berlin warned against an increase in myopia. In myopia, known in technical language as myopia, distant objects are perceived blurred. As it says in the dpa message, it is the result of too long growth of the eyeball, especially between the sixth and 18th year of life. At the age when many adolescents almost always hang on their mobile phones or computers. Affected persons may resort to glasses or eye lenses. Which treatment makes sense should be clarified best with the ophthalmologist. Strong myopia is also a risk factor for other eye conditions such as cataracts or retinal detachments. (Ad)