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By Mayo Clinic staffEyestrain doesn't have serious or long-term consequences, but it can be disruptive and unpleasant. It can make you tired and reduce your ability to concentrate. In some cases, it may take days for all eyestrain symptoms to go away after you've taken steps to change your activities or environment or treated any underlying cause.
- Eye comfort exercises. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/pdffiles/exercises.pdf. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Computers and your eyes. Prevent Blindness America. http://www.preventblindness.org/eye_problems/computers.html. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Computer workstations: Monitors. U.S. Department of Labor. http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/components_monitors.html. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Computer vision syndrome. American Optometric Association. http://www.aoa.org/x5374.xml. Accessed May 4, 2010.
- Yan Z, et al. Computer vision syndrome: A widely spreading but largely unknown epidemic among computer users. Computers in Human Behavior. 2008;24:2026.
- Robertson DM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. May 10, 2010.
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