{"id":485,"date":"2010-10-27T09:56:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/485"},"modified":"2010-10-27T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:57:26","slug":"nearly-one-third-of-patients-may-suffer-from-digital-device-related-vision-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/485","title":{"rendered":"Nearly One-Third Of Patients May Suffer From Digital Device-Related Vision Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Register (10\/26, Haas) reported, &#8220;Smartphones and similar devices might cause vision concerns,&#8221; Dr. Roger Phelps, spokesman for VSP Vision Care, explained. In fact, &#8220;according to recent research with VSP eye doctors, 33 percent&#8221; of respondents &#8220;reported that nearly one-third or more of their patients suffer from digital device-related vision problems. The most common include eye strain (82 percent), dry or irritated eyes (74 percent), fatigue (70 percent) and headaches (61 percent).&#8221; <em><strong>Dr. Phelps recommended that people using such devices take frequent breaks, get computer vision glasses, and undergo regular eye examinations. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Register (10\/26, Haas) reported, &#8220;Smartphones and similar devices might cause vision concerns,&#8221; Dr. Roger Phelps, spokesman for VSP Vision Care, explained. In fact, &#8220;according to recent research with VSP eye doctors, 33 percent&#8221; of respondents &#8220;reported that nearly one-third or more of their patients suffer from digital device-related vision problems. The most &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nearly One-Third Of Patients May Suffer From Digital Device-Related Vision Problems<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-vision-syndrome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}