subject: How Your Eyes Are Affected By Exhaustion [print this page] Youre tired, cranky, and probably ready for bed! Exhaustion may have hit you hard but you are not quite ready to give in just yet. Sound familiar? Exhaustion has a huge affect on your entire body and when youre beyond tired, you know it. Most of us have no idea that exhaustion can also wreak havoc on our eye sight! We want our eyes to perform our best but when were tired to the point of being exhausted, somethings gotta give!
There are cases where being tired is not just a physical problem for your body but it creates something known as eye fatigue - which is an eye condition where someone suffers from eye weakness, irritation, and poor visual acuity. There are other symptoms associated with eye fatigue as well. Symptoms like glare and poor depth perception are signs that your eyes are tired. If youre watching TV or playing on the computer when these happen, its time to shut off your electrical device and take a rest because your eyes have become tired and your vision may be too blurry for you to function properly.
Refractive errors in vision like long-sightedness, astigmatism, far-sightedness, and others are easily treatable during the day but when youre tired and your eyes get tired, you may notice your vision going blurry. Appliances like air conditioners and heaters may make it worse because they dry out the air and make your eyes dry and sore. When coupled with exhaustion, its a recipe for disaster. The images your eyes see lose their crispness and clarity and become blurry. If this happens, even if youre at work, take a break away from the heat or cold and take a walk.
Do not drive. If your eyes are tired, blurry, itchy, or feel dry, theres a good chance youre experiencing eye fatigue and driving is the most dangerous task you could perform. Statistically, 90 percent of the information you need to drive comes from your eyes and a high percentage of car accidents are caused by driver fatigue linked to tired eyes. The minute our eyes are not operating at 100 percent, our ability to drive cautiously and safely is severely hindered.
If youre driving and you start feeling tired, theres no excuse for continuing to drive. Dozing off or resting your eyes while youre in the drivers seat is simply unacceptable behavior while driving. When your eyes start to feel heavy and tired, pull off to the side of the road, into a gas station, or into a rest stop. Once youre safely away from other cars, you can give your eyes a rest until you feel rejuvenated. If youre eyes feel tired as youre about to set out on the road, take a few minutes to do some jumping jacks, pushups, or lunges to get the heart pumping and the blood flowing. While coffee is no alternative for sleep, we all know what its like to wake up and still feel tired. About a half hour before embarking on your journey, drink a cup of coffee or two, just make sure its not decaf.
If youre a fan of wearing contact lenses, try switching to prescription eyeglass frames when youre tired. If you havent bought a pair of glasses recently, go look for eye glasses online - they may get to you more quickly than glasses bought off line. Switching to eyeglasses can help relieve some of the irritation caused by eye fatigue and exhaustion but nothing works better than a good nights sleep.
