Uh oh! Bad news for internet junkies

[U2Kitten]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041116/hl_nm/health_glaucoma_dc

 

[U2democrat]

i saw that on CNN this morning and got scared to death.........i'm on a laptop all the time unless i'm sleeping or eating or bathing........


my vision is bad anyway.

 

[DaveC]

glaucoma = medicinal marijuana

 

[isabelle_guns]

my vision is already bad enough

 

[verte76]

My mother told me about this. She thinks I am absolutely insane because I'm an Internet junkie. I admit it, she's right.

 

[U2democrat]

let all the internet junkies rise!!!

 

[tiny dancer]

my vision is already bad enough

So is mine.

 

[indra]

Ah, well, I'm gonna live dangerously!

 

[Liesje]

i saw that on CNN this morning and got scared to death.........i'm on a laptop all the time unless i'm sleeping or eating or bathing........

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought LCD displays/laptop screens are not as bad for the eyes? Or is that only for migraines?

 

[Mr. BAW]

Wait a minute! first my cell phone, now my laptop! next thing you'll say is that my vasectomy didn't hold!!!

 

[U2democrat]

I'm hoping laptops are OK.........i'm never on a regular computer. My laptop has practically become attached to my lap

 

[Catman]

I KNEW IT!! I wore sunglasses for the longest time while I was on the computer (not really sure if that would make things any better ).

 

[IrishDawg]

My vision was fine until I started living on the computer 24/7, now it's a bit fuzzy. That would explain it....

 

[melon]

Thank goodness I'm slightly far-sighted.

Melon

 

[Diane L]

I have glaucoma which has been treated with eyedrops for a little over 10 years. My sight is pretty good, although I do need glasses.

This is an interesting finding, but I still don't quite get the correlation between computer use and increased pressure in the eye, which leads to glaucoma. (This said without reading the article, which maybe I'd better go do...)

 

[MrBrau1]

glaucoma = medicinal marijuana

you are wise beyond your years.

 

[DaveC]

i do my best.

 

[kobayashi]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought LCD displays/laptop screens are not as bad for the eyes? Or is that only for migraines?

do you mean relative to CRT monitors? i know they emit less radiation than CRTs.

 

[whitehead]

I think the color BLUE is a factor as well!!!

 

[DaveC]

I think the color BLUE is a factor as well!!!

one can hope.

 

[Liesje]

do you mean relative to CRT monitors? i know they emit less radiation than CRTs.

Yes. I work for a HelpDesk so all we do is computers and we switched over to LCDs instead of CRTs. A co-worker was saying they're "healthier" and mentioned less migraines.