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Don't Look Now. You May Already Have Gamer's Eyes.

Posted Jul 26, 2006 at 12:57AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 Tags: cvs, HDTV, horror

Too much gaming, as you all know by now, is bad, bad, bad for you. Video games are particularly hard on the eyes. According to an article by Andrew Bermam in Tech Zone, "Flash graphics, rapid-fire movements, and long hours at the console result in health problems like muscle and eye strain. Common ailments resulting from gaming are: lateral epicondylitis, tendonitis, bursitis, and carpel tunnel syndrome among others."

Among others? You mean there's more? If that didn't scare you, you must already be numb and cross-eyed from too much gaming. We posted an article called "Tips On How To Avoid 'Xbox Vision', 'Nintendonitis', And Other Gaming-Related Discomforts". We hope you didn't turn a blind eye to it!

Here are more tips to keep gaming safe, especially for your eyes.

Blink your eyes to lubricate it. We doubt you could lose the game to blinking every now and then.
Ask your eye doctor to prescribe artificial tears that will moisten your eyes. Or you can pull out a nose hair every now and then to make your eyes well up.
At least 6-8 times a day, rub the palms of your hands together and press them on your eyes. Hold themthere for a few minutes. The warmth of your palms will relax the eye muscles. A warm hotpack may also do the trick if you rhands have turned into horrible claw-like things after hours of gaming.
Greenery soothes eyes, so glance as often as you can at green trees, bushes, or plants. You can also watch the horror classic The Exorcist. Lots of green colored stuff streaming out of Linda Blair's throat there.
Do simple Yoga eye strengthening exercises. Don't worry you don't have to sit, painfully, like a circus contortionist. Roll your eyes, focusing on your nose and then the area between your eyebrows. Shift your balls (you eyeballs, we mean, we never tire of that line) from left to right. Was that too hard?
Get a qualified eye doctor (not your bestfriend) to check your vision and find out whether you need Â“computer glasses.Â” If you use contact lenses, doctors say take them off and use glasses instead.
Bug your parents to buy you HDTV. Screens with sharper images and greater clarity are gentler to the eyes. If they say no, remind them that prevention of CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) is a hundred times better than any cure after a problem occurs. Of course it could backfire, they could take away your console, instead.

Via The Tech Zone

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I been playing games since Atari days then Amiga then every console since apart from the gamecube.. I got perfect eyesight..

I recon its not the playing of games for hours on end its playing games in the dark for hours on end that makes peoples eyes weird the only time my eyes hurt are playing in the dark so i just turn a light on.

# Light — Guest 2006-07-26 03:45

After playing for hours my eyes have now taken the toll, i need to wear glasses and my eyes are very sensitive to light, if I go out on a bright sunny day it actually makes my eyes hurt like hell.

# HaHa!!!! — Guest 2006-07-26 03:58

The part about the nose hair cracked me up...

# erm i have glasses — Guest 2006-07-26 04:27

maybe from tring to beat streets of rage or sonic 2 on my genisis

# Bad for you... — Guest 2006-07-26 04:29

You know what else is bad for you?! LIVING!

Guess what we are all going to die!

# odd — lansingone 2006-07-26 08:19

i never had that problem, i played games for years without that. and still have great vision. and@5 i never play in the dark too, so that may be it

# what about computers? — Guest 2006-07-26 08:43

I play games and sometime my eyes hurt real bad,but using the pc makes my eyes very blurry.

# Ahhh im screwed — Guest 2006-07-26 09:19

Ive been playing games for 7-8 years. My eyes are $#&$# up. -1.50 both eyes. I guess this is true for some people, and not for others since they still have perfect eye sight. Or maybe its cuz im on the computer a lot...

# ... — Shatterdome 2006-07-26 09:47

Yeah i've been playing vids all my life, and I have contacts/glasses....but so does my mom and younger sister, who never play vids at all...

I think it's talking more about your muscles and the possible wear and tear put on them (i'm only 26 so even if i've added 10 yrs to 'em they are not that bad, but if that's the case, what's up when we are 40-50)

It's all good, i've got a big bag of green sitting by me at all times, so I can look at it and relax my eyes....hehe

# wait a sec... — Phantum Zero 2006-07-26 11:33

nocomment

# Wait a sec... — Phantum Zero 2006-07-26 11:41

there is only 1 part of the quote that says eye strain.

lateral epicondylitis = Tennis Elbow

tendonitis = Inflation of tendons like shoulders, wrists, elbows.

Bursitis = Inflamation around joints

carpel tunnel syndrome = Progresive condition that damages the Median Nerve in the palm of your hand.

# your eyes are the most important thing you poses. — Branden 2006-07-26 11:49

you guys think you have it bad my eyes are soo bad -8.5o in both eyes im gonna be like blind when im 40 im so f*ucked. For poel that wear glases and play games. stop after playing for like 2hours and take off your glases and look around let your eyes recoup. because they strain looking threw them.

# ! — Oblivix 2006-07-26 13:53

What!? We have to blink now? This is an outrage!

# d — Guest 2006-07-26 15:39

QUOTE

"Roll your eyes, focusing on your nose and then the area between your eyebrows.- SHIFT YOUR BALLS"

yeah its works, but i'm getting kind of horny though

# LOL this artical is hilarious — Guest 2006-07-28 05:32

hahah hilarious ..... but ya i got -1.5 vision but dnt think its cuzza games i play alot and go ont the computer alot but wen i was 5yr i looke in to this big old lamp the ones with the yellow case and the long rod light thhink they call it luu smtin but ya stood ther starin at it like 2 inches away .. my frends dared me too.... so ya i looke at the room and i was like hly sh$% i got thermal vision everything was blue green red and sh it the i washed my eyes and it got bettet after 2 mins but ya games i dnt think ever made me lose some vision

# Video games? — Guest 2006-07-28 11:39

pssh... Video games don't affect your vision. Everyone knows that the only thing that can blind you is excessive masturbation. Hush404 stop shifting your balls!!1!!

# LOL this artical is hilarious — Guest 2006-07-28 17:05

hahahhahha thats evn morte hilarious ^^^^^^

ifn wat u say is trew i wuldve have bee b u lii bbliiiiind a loo non ong t h ti imm e agooo

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