Our dry eye blog — Blephasteam
Don't let dry eye syndrome rule your life! It doesn't have to...
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To an outsider, dry eye syndrome may be invisible, yet for sufferers like me it is a debilitating condition that can all too easily dictate how you spend your life.
If you have dry eye syndrome, you may have to make significant life choices to mitigate your symptoms.
Examples of these include:
- quitting your job because the work environment is too uncomfortable (for example an air conditioned office, warehouse, supermarket, commercial kitchen)
- no longer travelling abroad by plane (due to the air conditioning)
- stopping driving because your eyes have become too light sensitive
- giving up...
Why are so many people suffering from dry eyes at the moment?
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The main culprit behind the prevalence of dry eye since the start of the pandemic appears to be the extraordinary increase in people's screen time.
More people are curently spending much more time every day looking at digital devices – mobile phones, tablets, PCs, and TVs.
In response to the pandemic, families and friends have turned to the likes of WhatsApp, Zoom, and Facebook to enable social contact and reduce loneliness.
The uptake of online shopping has also soared during the pandemic. In the UK, the value of online purchases went up by about a quarter in 2020 compared to 2019.
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