eightball61
06-30-2004, 05:55 PM
I work for a company where I stare at the computer all day. I have had my desk measure to the right height along with my chair to fix this problem. I kept getting ill (like dizziness or light headed) at times so I got a glare screen.
I have been doing great for months but in the past week the illness has came. It make my stomach weak and I feel dizzy at times. What can I do beside quiting my job. Is thier any special excercise, diet, or fluids?
Thanks
I have been doing great for months but in the past week the illness has came. It make my stomach weak and I feel dizzy at times. What can I do beside quiting my job. Is thier any special excercise, diet, or fluids?
Thanks
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eminemworshipper
07-01-2004, 06:29 PM
To be honest...it's the looking at the computer screen that is the problem. When you concentrate on the screen too long.....you can feel sick (i have plenty of times when typing up pages of work). So, the best cure for this is to take breaks whenever u can. I understand that your work may be highly demanding and require u to use the computer for the best part of the day- but insert my coffee breaks or something.
Caroline
Caroline
eightball61
07-01-2004, 06:34 PM
Thanks Caroline :D
We do take 15 min. breaks about every two hours but I feel that isn't enough. I am going to talk to my supervisor in letting me go every hour for like 5 minutes. They are very flexible here which is awsome.
We do take 15 min. breaks about every two hours but I feel that isn't enough. I am going to talk to my supervisor in letting me go every hour for like 5 minutes. They are very flexible here which is awsome.
happyface25
07-01-2004, 11:22 PM
:wave: hi, we'll i know what you mean, but for me it was the noise coming out of the processor! (the part of the computer where you put the CD and diskette) the noise was very bothersome and at times upsetting to the stomach, so i got that problem fixed and this new computer is much more quieter, so that could also be the problem, well hope this helps :angel:
MrsLee
07-02-2004, 10:16 AM
I also use a computer all day long. I just started my job about a month ago, and sometimes I get dizzy. What's worse though is that I am getting headaches and seeing spots. I will be looking at the screen, and all of a sudden I get a sharp, shooting pain in my head. It happens when I am porrfreading reports too. I think it is some kind of eye strain.
I have heard there are certain types of glasses that get a little darker (but not as dark as sunglasses) when you look at the screen that may help people who use computers all day. Maybe you could see an eye doctor?
happyface25--noisy computers drive me crazy! I have tinnitis and being in a room full of computers is literally torture. Luckily I have my own office and my computer is quiet. I'm glad you were able to get a new computer.
Good luck!
I have heard there are certain types of glasses that get a little darker (but not as dark as sunglasses) when you look at the screen that may help people who use computers all day. Maybe you could see an eye doctor?
happyface25--noisy computers drive me crazy! I have tinnitis and being in a room full of computers is literally torture. Luckily I have my own office and my computer is quiet. I'm glad you were able to get a new computer.
Good luck!
eightball61
07-02-2004, 10:49 AM
I also use a computer all day long. I just started my job about a month ago, and sometimes I get dizzy. What's worse though is that I am getting headaches and seeing spots. I will be looking at the screen, and all of a sudden I get a sharp, shooting pain in my head. It happens when I am porrfreading reports too. I think it is some kind of eye strain.
I have heard there are certain types of glasses that get a little darker (but not as dark as sunglasses) when you look at the screen that may help people who use computers all day. Maybe you could see an eye doctor?
happyface25--noisy computers drive me crazy! I have tinnitis and being in a room full of computers is literally torture. Luckily I have my own office and my computer is quiet. I'm glad you were able to get a new computer.
Good luck!
Thanks MrsLee, and I will take that into consideration since I was sick last night and that being 4 days in a row. :rolleyes:
I have heard there are certain types of glasses that get a little darker (but not as dark as sunglasses) when you look at the screen that may help people who use computers all day. Maybe you could see an eye doctor?
happyface25--noisy computers drive me crazy! I have tinnitis and being in a room full of computers is literally torture. Luckily I have my own office and my computer is quiet. I'm glad you were able to get a new computer.
Good luck!
Thanks MrsLee, and I will take that into consideration since I was sick last night and that being 4 days in a row. :rolleyes:
joquiero
07-02-2004, 11:07 AM
I work for a company where I stare at the computer all day. I have had my desk measure to the right height along with my chair to fix this problem. I kept getting ill (like dizziness or light headed) at times so I got a glare screen.
I have been doing great for months but in the past week the illness has came. It make my stomach weak and I feel dizzy at times. What can I do beside quiting my job. Is thier any special excercise, diet, or fluids?
Thanks
Oh my god, thats EXACTLY how I get!!!
This is what I do to help 1. use a anti-glare sheild (forgot the actual name) 2. make sure the room has lots of light and turn down the brightness on the screen (nothing worse than dark room and bright screen) 3. If you wear glasses for far distances, wear them for computer use also 4. make sure you look away from the screen and stretch and roll your shoulders every half hour or so.
Also, drinking ginger tea is great for nausea - though if you do the things I mentioned, maybe you won't need it.
Good luck.
I have been doing great for months but in the past week the illness has came. It make my stomach weak and I feel dizzy at times. What can I do beside quiting my job. Is thier any special excercise, diet, or fluids?
Thanks
Oh my god, thats EXACTLY how I get!!!
This is what I do to help 1. use a anti-glare sheild (forgot the actual name) 2. make sure the room has lots of light and turn down the brightness on the screen (nothing worse than dark room and bright screen) 3. If you wear glasses for far distances, wear them for computer use also 4. make sure you look away from the screen and stretch and roll your shoulders every half hour or so.
Also, drinking ginger tea is great for nausea - though if you do the things I mentioned, maybe you won't need it.
Good luck.
joquiero
07-02-2004, 11:11 AM
I just found this article on the internet
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Computer Screens and Dizziness
By Robert L. Yolton, PhD, OD, and Karl Citek, OD, PhD, Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, Oregon
Why does the use of video display screens make some people dizzy (or dizzier)?
To answer this, we need to have just a bit of science; so stay with us. Our eyes have two sets of receptors to detect light - rods and cones. Both are located in the retina, which is on the back inside portion of the eye. Rods are used for nighttime conditions; cones are used during the day and when we are in normally lighted rooms. OK, now forget about the rods, they are not relevant to any of what follows.
Most of the cone receptors in our retinas are concentrated at one spot called the fovea. This is the part of our eye that gives us sharp, central vision. But, we also have cones that receive light from the sides - the periphery. To complicate matters a bit, Mother Nature has given us two pathways within the optic nerve for these cones to use for message transmission up into the brain. They are sometimes called the M and the P pathways.
M and P pathways
If we look at something very closely, the information about detail is detected by the cones in the fovea and transmitted to the brain via the P pathway. We usually focus our attention on the information coming in to the brain via the P pathway. Good so far, but in the cave-person days, while we were staring at the arrowhead we were making, a hungry critter could sneak up from the side and have us for lunch. This was not good for survival of the species; so Mother Nature wired some of our cones that look to the side into the M pathway. This pathway is very sensitive to motion in the periphery and can detect the approach of a hungry critter even when we are concentrating on what the P pathway is seeing. We are not always aware of information coming from the periphery via the M pathway, but the brain always monitors it.
Peripheral vision
Peripheral information is very important to us in several ways. For example, consider what happens at intersections when you are driving a car. Young people detect peripheral motion produced by cars coming from the side somewhat automatically without turning their heads much. However, as we get older this ability fades so that the most frequent severe crash involving old people is the “T-bone” accident that occurs when an old person pulls out in front of an oncoming car. The older driver says that he/she “just never saw the other car coming.” The folks who teach the 55-Alive course for older drivers stress turning your head at intersections to prevent being T-boned.
Another very important function of peripheral vision is to keep us balanced. We use the horizon for this and compare our peripheral visual information with vestibular information; if there is a disagreement, motion sickness results.
Display flicker
Back to computer screens: as most of us know, the computer continually redraws the image on the display screen. This is called “refreshing the display,” and it makes the display flicker. Normally we are not aware of the flicker because we view the display with the cones connected to the P pathway; and that pathway is not very sensitive to flicker. However, if the screen is fairly large, the cones feeding into the M pathway also see the display, and they can detect the flicker. The presumption is that this flickering creates unhappiness in the M pathway, which creates conflicts with the information from the vestibular system. This results in feelings of dizziness, queasiness, etc.
What you can do?
So what can you do about display screen problems? First, you could try making your screen flicker so fast that even the M pathway cells cannot detect the flicker. On our Macintosh G3 desktop computers, there are several refresh rate alternatives ranging from 60 to 85 Hz. Fast is good.
You can also make the display screen dimmer because this makes the flicker less noticeable to the M pathway. (In scientific terms, it lowers the critical flicker fusion frequency.) Dim is good – as the dizzy patients who wear dark glasses outside (and inside) know very well.
Another possibility might be to use different types of displays such as those used on laptops. Laptop displays tend to be smaller and dimmer than the cathode ray tube (CRT or TV set type) displays used with most desk computers, and, perhaps more importantly, they produce their images differently. The image on a laptop is still refreshed, but a CRT draws it on the screen in a different way.
If using a fast refresh rate CRT or laptop display is not feasible, try a smaller CRT display, such as 15- or even 13-inch, and position it at least at arm's-length. This will make the size of the display on the retina smaller so that the flickering will not be detected as strongly by the M pathway cells. The problem produced by using small displays positioned far away is that the letters on the screen get too small to read, so they must be made larger. Using a small screen placed at a distance is not a very wonderful solution to the problem of display-induced dizziness; but it has worked for some people.
Simply stated, you may maximize your comfort by using a small, dim display with a high-refresh rate. A laptop-type display is preferable. Also, have your vision checked by a good optometrist. Many times the problem is not with your display but with your vision. Someone once said that “computer display screens are God’s gift to eye doctors.” If you have any problems with your vision, looking at a computer screen for a few hours will make you very aware of them.
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Computer Screens and Dizziness
By Robert L. Yolton, PhD, OD, and Karl Citek, OD, PhD, Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, Oregon
Why does the use of video display screens make some people dizzy (or dizzier)?
To answer this, we need to have just a bit of science; so stay with us. Our eyes have two sets of receptors to detect light - rods and cones. Both are located in the retina, which is on the back inside portion of the eye. Rods are used for nighttime conditions; cones are used during the day and when we are in normally lighted rooms. OK, now forget about the rods, they are not relevant to any of what follows.
Most of the cone receptors in our retinas are concentrated at one spot called the fovea. This is the part of our eye that gives us sharp, central vision. But, we also have cones that receive light from the sides - the periphery. To complicate matters a bit, Mother Nature has given us two pathways within the optic nerve for these cones to use for message transmission up into the brain. They are sometimes called the M and the P pathways.
M and P pathways
If we look at something very closely, the information about detail is detected by the cones in the fovea and transmitted to the brain via the P pathway. We usually focus our attention on the information coming in to the brain via the P pathway. Good so far, but in the cave-person days, while we were staring at the arrowhead we were making, a hungry critter could sneak up from the side and have us for lunch. This was not good for survival of the species; so Mother Nature wired some of our cones that look to the side into the M pathway. This pathway is very sensitive to motion in the periphery and can detect the approach of a hungry critter even when we are concentrating on what the P pathway is seeing. We are not always aware of information coming from the periphery via the M pathway, but the brain always monitors it.
Peripheral vision
Peripheral information is very important to us in several ways. For example, consider what happens at intersections when you are driving a car. Young people detect peripheral motion produced by cars coming from the side somewhat automatically without turning their heads much. However, as we get older this ability fades so that the most frequent severe crash involving old people is the “T-bone” accident that occurs when an old person pulls out in front of an oncoming car. The older driver says that he/she “just never saw the other car coming.” The folks who teach the 55-Alive course for older drivers stress turning your head at intersections to prevent being T-boned.
Another very important function of peripheral vision is to keep us balanced. We use the horizon for this and compare our peripheral visual information with vestibular information; if there is a disagreement, motion sickness results.
Display flicker
Back to computer screens: as most of us know, the computer continually redraws the image on the display screen. This is called “refreshing the display,” and it makes the display flicker. Normally we are not aware of the flicker because we view the display with the cones connected to the P pathway; and that pathway is not very sensitive to flicker. However, if the screen is fairly large, the cones feeding into the M pathway also see the display, and they can detect the flicker. The presumption is that this flickering creates unhappiness in the M pathway, which creates conflicts with the information from the vestibular system. This results in feelings of dizziness, queasiness, etc.
What you can do?
So what can you do about display screen problems? First, you could try making your screen flicker so fast that even the M pathway cells cannot detect the flicker. On our Macintosh G3 desktop computers, there are several refresh rate alternatives ranging from 60 to 85 Hz. Fast is good.
You can also make the display screen dimmer because this makes the flicker less noticeable to the M pathway. (In scientific terms, it lowers the critical flicker fusion frequency.) Dim is good – as the dizzy patients who wear dark glasses outside (and inside) know very well.
Another possibility might be to use different types of displays such as those used on laptops. Laptop displays tend to be smaller and dimmer than the cathode ray tube (CRT or TV set type) displays used with most desk computers, and, perhaps more importantly, they produce their images differently. The image on a laptop is still refreshed, but a CRT draws it on the screen in a different way.
If using a fast refresh rate CRT or laptop display is not feasible, try a smaller CRT display, such as 15- or even 13-inch, and position it at least at arm's-length. This will make the size of the display on the retina smaller so that the flickering will not be detected as strongly by the M pathway cells. The problem produced by using small displays positioned far away is that the letters on the screen get too small to read, so they must be made larger. Using a small screen placed at a distance is not a very wonderful solution to the problem of display-induced dizziness; but it has worked for some people.
Simply stated, you may maximize your comfort by using a small, dim display with a high-refresh rate. A laptop-type display is preferable. Also, have your vision checked by a good optometrist. Many times the problem is not with your display but with your vision. Someone once said that “computer display screens are God’s gift to eye doctors.” If you have any problems with your vision, looking at a computer screen for a few hours will make you very aware of them.
eightball61
07-02-2004, 11:43 AM
Oh my god, thats EXACTLY how I get!!!
This is what I do to help 1. use a anti-glare sheild (forgot the actual name) 2. make sure the room has lots of light and turn down the brightness on the screen (nothing worse than dark room and bright screen) 3. If you wear glasses for far distances, wear them for computer use also 4. make sure you look away from the screen and stretch and roll your shoulders every half hour or so.
Also, drinking ginger tea is great for nausea - though if you do the things I mentioned, maybe you won't need it.
Good luck.
I work for a big insurance company and we do have well lit areas, I do have a glare screen, and stretch every now and then because our desk can move up and down. I don't need glasses because my vision is a perfect 20/20. I will be going to see an eye doctor though about this and thank you.
This is what I do to help 1. use a anti-glare sheild (forgot the actual name) 2. make sure the room has lots of light and turn down the brightness on the screen (nothing worse than dark room and bright screen) 3. If you wear glasses for far distances, wear them for computer use also 4. make sure you look away from the screen and stretch and roll your shoulders every half hour or so.
Also, drinking ginger tea is great for nausea - though if you do the things I mentioned, maybe you won't need it.
Good luck.
I work for a big insurance company and we do have well lit areas, I do have a glare screen, and stretch every now and then because our desk can move up and down. I don't need glasses because my vision is a perfect 20/20. I will be going to see an eye doctor though about this and thank you.
eightball61
07-02-2004, 11:47 AM
Thanks joquiero...I made a print out because that was very helpful.
happyface25
07-02-2004, 01:58 PM
happyface25--noisy computers drive me crazy! I have tinnitis and being in a room full of computers is literally torture. Luckily I have my own office and my computer is quiet. I'm glad you were able to get a new computer.
Good luck!
:D I one time went into the "computer room" in the building where I work at , when I went inside the room OHHH the noise was so loud :eek: there were computers everywhere in the room , but dont get me wrong, I do like being around computers , I like everything about it, but the noise was unbelievable in that room, im glad i got out of there quick :) but I dont know how im gonna handle that situation in the future since Im studying to be a computer repair technician! :D oh well for now im ok with working on a computer at work.
Good luck!
:D I one time went into the "computer room" in the building where I work at , when I went inside the room OHHH the noise was so loud :eek: there were computers everywhere in the room , but dont get me wrong, I do like being around computers , I like everything about it, but the noise was unbelievable in that room, im glad i got out of there quick :) but I dont know how im gonna handle that situation in the future since Im studying to be a computer repair technician! :D oh well for now im ok with working on a computer at work.
USER-NAME
07-03-2004, 07:24 PM
yes, thats from sittin concentrating at a screen,
what you need to do is take a 10-15 minute brake from the comuter after every hour, i know sometimes this can be hard but you feel so much better, also, its good to bring a drink of water to the computer with you and sip on that, and make sure you get some kinda of excersise outside of work,
that should help alot if you do all that, good luck!
what you need to do is take a 10-15 minute brake from the comuter after every hour, i know sometimes this can be hard but you feel so much better, also, its good to bring a drink of water to the computer with you and sip on that, and make sure you get some kinda of excersise outside of work,
that should help alot if you do all that, good luck!
SouthernTemptress
07-03-2004, 10:40 PM
Same Here... Get Tired, Headaches.. Dizzy, Weak.. All That Stuff.