Remember the days when your grandmother used to yell at you for standing too close to the TV? You never listened, thinking that her logic was clearly flawed. Well as it turns out, there certainly was some truth to her advice, as eye surgeon Dr. David Allamby has recently coined the term “Screen Sightedness.”
However this condition doesn’t refer to televisions— this time, it’s the almighty smartphone. “Screen Sightedness” applies to those that develop nearsightedness from staring at computer displays. Adding to this, according to a recent study, smartphone-related vision issues are on the rise.
Allamby has predicted that around 40-50% of 30-year-olds will be near sighted by 2033 as smartphones and touch displays become even more commonplace around the globe.
The issue stems from multiple factors. First of all, people spend way too much time looking at their smartphone each day, and second, people hold their smartphone much more closer to their faces than they would, say, a book or magazine.
We’re certainly an evolving race, but unfortunately, biological factors do not change as fast as the technology we use each and every day.
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