(HealthDayNews) -- Eye strain is often a result of up-close work, such as reading, computer work or crafts.
The Mayo Clinic offers these tips to reduce eye strain and prevent eye disease:
- When you are doing up-close work, make sure you have bright but not glaring light directed at your task.
- Watch TV in a softly illuminated room.
- Use caution when cooking or doing housework. Splashed cooking grease, detergent, garden chemicals or disinfectants can harm your eyes.
- When working at your computer, take eye breaks by looking away from the screen at an object several feet away for 10 seconds every 10 minutes.
