Eye Strain Symptoms

Have you ever been hard at work studying for an exam and after hours of reading and concentrating on research, maybe on the computer as well as books and found your eyes really red when you looked into the mirror? If you have then you probably know about our topic here, it’s eye strain. During that cramming for the big test you have effectively overworked your eyes to the point that they are screaming “Enough!”. That is essentially what happens with other muscles in the body, overuse brings inflammation that brings pain and a host of other symptoms. Lets take a peek at some of the eye strain symptoms you should watch out for in order for you to know what is going on and treat it.

The first symptom we will cover is redness. It can look as if you were caught in a paint storm, the inside and sometimes outside of the eyes, rims included, will be a vibrant or deep red because of the inflamed vessels. The redness can be likened to what one’s eyes would like after a day of swimming in a heavily chlorinated pool.

Pain is another symptom that is hard to ignore, your eyes not only look bad but feel like they look! There are different causes of pain from the eye strain, one type can be from the vessels being inflamed and another from the overworked eye muscles. Inflamed blood vessels in the eye not only cause the redness, but a painful, irritated and sometimes scratchy eye. The muscular type pain is caused from the fatigue of the eye muscles, even in the area surrounding the eyes there can be pain felt. This symptom is usually worse when moving the eyeball.

Maybe you have been reading and working on something in the laboratory for hours, and you started seeing not so clearly, hopefully you didn’t get into those toxins you were studying! Seriously though, blurring of the vision means super tired eyes. When your visual accuracy is starting to wane, you know it may be time to wrap it up and rest those tired eyes to prevent further harm and discomfort to the eyes. Sometimes it may lead to double vision, but that is in extreme cases of eye strain and fatigue.

Headaches are a big and annoying way to find out that you have overdone it with your eyes. With fatigue comes increased tension no matter where in the body. When there is increased tension, there can be pain. Headaches that involve the eyes and eye area are very common with eye fatigue but not to be confused with painful eyes themselves or pain in the eye area.

Your eyes are a precious thing and need to be taken care of properly. Follow the warning signs and take steps to prevent further episodes of eye strain. Some of the best steps to take are cool or warm wet compresses to the eyes and good rest for the eyes in a darkened area with them kept closed so as not to have to focus on anything.