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Does reading a computer monitor and feeling eye strain raise your eye pressure?
Question: Does reading a computer monitor for an hour and feeling eye strain raise your IOP?
My Answer: The question of computer use and intraocular pressure is a common topic. Many people report that using the computer (even for several hours) for relaxing activities does not raise intraocular pressure. I have found this to be true for myself as well.
However, when a feeling of eye strain or psychological stress is involved, it is a different issue in my opinion.
Can the heavy use of a computer be a cause of glaucoma?
Almost every eye specialist you might visit nowadays will confidently answer "of course, not!" Is it so clear? From my personal experience, I learnt that a heavy use of computer (often I spend the whole workday working on the computer) often causes me eye discomfort, pains, and headaches. Therefore, my impression always was that the conventional medicine doesn't have the full answers.
Recently I came across this (quite old) article on the BBC website:
