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by denise on April 30th, 2007

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How many hours a day do you spend on your computer? Is it affecting your eyes?

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  • by Christopher Woods on May 2nd, 2007

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    I've noticed that if I spend a long time at the computer, particularly in the winter months, my right hand goes cold (and then a bit numb) much faster than if I'm doing something more 'active' like typing or gaming.

    I have an MS natural keyboard though (one of the original ones, pushing 8 years old now!) so I've largely managed to escape the carpal tunnel problem... thus far. Typing on normal keyboards hurts my hands and wrists now, though.


    As for my eyes? Well, I've always had awful sight - very short-sighted. I sit the recommended distance from the screen and I have a fairly large monitor (19" widescreen Samsung LCD at 1440x900) which has beautiful colour reproduction, great contrast in all light conditions and is crystal clear, so I don't have to strain my eyes to see what's on the screen.

    My back probably suffers the most, because I always catch myself slouching (and the chair I have at the moment is one of those slatted wood chairs which folds up - and with a big gap where the lumbar support should be; god bless my tenancy agency for providing us with awful furniture!) That's solvable though with a trip to Ikea.


    Moving from an old CRT to an LCD years ago, and then upgrading to a much clearer, brighter LCD - and correctly setting it up for my environment (using the software which came with the screen to configure brightness, contrast etc) has made a real improvement to my working environment when it comes to lessening the problem of eyestrain. Also having the monitor at the correct height is good too to ensure the most even spread of backlight for the LCD.

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