Protecting eyes !

Hi all. As we all are into stock market, we are glued to the computer screen from morning to evening. Are there any preventive measures you take to prevent damage to your eyes apart from taking breaks between trading. I don't have any eye problem but i am concerned.

Please share.

What's you are saying is similar to "I feel breathless running whole day, how can I get out of breathlessness without stopping to run..."

1Take five-minute breaks every hour by looking off into the distance and looking away from the computer monitor.

Step 2Just close your eyes for a few minutes when your work requires prolonged data input into the computer.

Keeping Proper Distance and Other Safety Measures
Step 1Keep the distance of the monitor from your eyes between 16 to 30 inches. Most people find a distance of 20 to 26 inches comfortable.

Step 2Make sure that the top of the monitor is at a level slightly below the horizontal eye level.

Step 3Tilt the top of the monitor away from you at a 10- to 20-degree angle. Most monitors are provided with tiltable display screens, which enable you to tilt the monitor to create an optimum viewing angle.

Step 4Keep your screen free of dust and fingerprints.

Step 5Use an adjustable chair that enables you to sit at a proper angle and distance from your computer monitor screen.

Step 6Use document holders to secure any reading material or reference material, if your work involves prolonged data entry. Place the document holders close to the monitor and at the same distance from your eyes as your monitor. This enables your eyes to remain focused as they look from the monitor to the reading material.

Step 7Use a work surface whose height is 26 inches from the ground.

Step 8Keep the distance from the front of your chair to the hollow of your knee between 2 to 4 inches.

Step 9Use a character size that is visible. The character size is an important factor since it determines the distance at which the user prefers to view the monitor.

Changing the Appearance of the Text Fonts on Your Computer Screen
Step 1Point your cursor anywhere on your desktop and right click on Properties. The Display Properties window appears.

Step 2Click the Appearance tab on the Display Properties window.

Step 3Go to the Font Size pull-down menu and choose either "Large Fonts" or "Extra Large Fonts" instead of the "Normal" font that has already been pre-selected by default. That is, if you are working on a Windows XP system. Once you have made a choice, you will see a sample of what you have chosen in the upper part of the Display Properties window. Choose what is comfortable for your eyes.

Step 4Click on the Apply button.

Step 5Close the Display Properties window.

Ensuring Proper Lighting
Step 1Use fluorescent tubes to achieve lower illumination levels. Higher illumination levels wash out the image on the screen. Illumination levels refer to the amount of light falling on a surface measured in lux or foot candles (metric and English systems of measurement respectively).

Step 2Provide supplementary task lighting through lamps. Task lighting allows workers to adjust the illumination level according to their own preferences, if the illumination level is below the suggested ideal of 50 foot candles.

Ensuring Proper Lighting by Adjusting the Contrast
Step 1Contrast is the difference in luminance between two areas (the task area and the background area). Prevent excessive contrast within the visual field and reduce the contrast to acceptable
limits by avoiding extremely dark or bright surfaces. The primary reason for this is that vision problems could arise and viewing become difficult when there is high contrast between task and adjacent surroundings.

Step 2A good display screen also has separate contrast and brightness controls. Adjust the brightness of the background in relation to the characters by adjusting the contrast controls.

Step 3Control the amount of light emitted from the characters themselves by adjusting the brightness controls.

Ensuring Proper Lighting in Your Work Environment To Prevent Glare
Step 1Glare is caused by non-uniform distribution of luminance within your visual field, as well as bright luminaires or windows. You can prevent glare by reorienting your work station and moving the sources of glare out of your line of sight.

Step 2Cover windows with Venetian blinds, draperies, shades or filters to reduce glare from sunlight or the luminaires in your work environment.

Step 3Use panels to block the intensity of light, thereby reducing glare.

Step 4Adjust the computer's contrast knob to change the brightness of the screen and characters, which will also reduce glare.

Step 5Position the screen at right angles to the source of light.

Step 6Avoid wearing bright clothes which may cause a glare by causing a reflection on the screen.

Step 7Cover your monitor ith an anti-glare screen.

Ensuring Proper Lighting in Your Work Environment to Prevent Reflective Glare
Step 1When a worker can see a light on the surface of his or her screen, this is the case of reflective glare. This glare can also be seen on smoothly polished desk tops. The sources of reflected glare can be windows, reflective walls, luminaires or reflective clothing. You can control the reflective glare by the methods suggested in each of the steps below.

Step 2Reduce the intensity of light source by providing louvres for luminaires, by covering windows or by choosing appropriate height panels.

Step 3Provide a matte or flat finish on furniture equipment or walls.

Step 4Tilt the monitor to remove the reflection away from your line of vision. Tilting features are now included in most terminals.

Step 5Cover the screen with an etched surface or with different types of filters.

Rearranging the Office to Reduce Lighting Problems
Step 1Position the workstations between rows of luminaires.

Step 2Place the workstations away from the windows.

Step 3Place all workstations parallel to the windows.

Step 4Use panels to block light.

Simple rule 20-20-20
Every 20 minutes, you should watch something 20 feet away for 20seconds.
This was suggested by an eye specialist.

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