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In article <35100001@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com> jeff@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com (     Je
f Gruszynski) writes:
>>In sci.med.occupational, jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin ) writes

>>
>>    Have any of you folks noticed progressively worse nearsightness
>>    working on CRT's?  
>>
>>    Jim
>
>Absolutely!  Before I got deeply into computers I had 20/40 and 20/60.
>It got progressively worse with time.  I also suffered from eye strain
>and headaches following long stints.  I saw an ophthalmologist and was
>prescribed a second, weaker correcting pair of glasses for "up-close"
>work including computing.  Since then I've been pretty stable (5+ years)

>with only some minor astigmatism rotation, which may well be measurement
>noise.  BTW I'm 20/100 and 20/200 now.
>
>Jeff



Actually, people with good vision that is starting to deteriorate (e.g.
mild myopia) can reduce the stress of close-up work by wearing a weak pairr
of reading glasses.  These can be purchased in most drugstores for $10-12.
Sometimes I wear a pair of these over my contact lenses when I have to do
a lot of reading.  I told my optometrist that I do this and he said that
it's a good idea.