YES,
YES, WE
YES, WE PICK THAT SONG DOCTOR DOCTOR FOR A REASON. YOU'LL FIND OUT HERE IN A MOMENT.
ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH,
SCREEN TIME IS UP 60 PERCENT IN
ADULTS. THAT'S 13 HOURS OF
SCREEN TIME EACH DAY WITH THIS
PANDEMIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
STAYING HOME CHECKING OUT THEIR
SCREENS MORE. SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE DOING THIS AND IT'S NOT
SURPRISING THAT OUR EYES ARE AT
RISK HERE. I SAY VISION HEALTH
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER DR. CHAD
DOCTOR JOINS US NOW. AND HOW WE
CAN PROTECT OUR EYES AND WE'VE
GOT TO LISTEN THERE. A DOCTOR
NAMED DOCTOR DOCTOR, I'M JUST
GOING TO START SAYING THAT
RIGHT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, ERIC. GOOD MORNING.
WITH DISTANCE LEARNING THESE
ZOOM CONFERENCES NOT TO MENTION
THE ONLINE SHOPPING,
THE ENTERTAINMENT. BOY, WE'RE
PUT IN A LOT OF SCREEN TIME
RIGHT NOW. HOW IS THIS
AFFECTING OUR HEALTH? YEAH. YOU
MENTIONED BEFORE THE NIELSEN
STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT THE MEDIA
USES UP 60 PERCENT WHICH EQUALS
13 HOURS A DAY AS AN
OPTOMETRIST. THE FIRST THING I
THINK OF IS IS THE BLUE LIGHT
THAT'S EMANATING FROM ALL THESE
DEVICES AND HOW THAT'S
AFFECTING US. THERE ARE BOTH
NEGATIVE SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM EFFECTS FROM THAT. AND
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A REAL DEAL
RIGHT NOW WITH THE NEW NORM WE
LIVE IN. WHAT ABOUT FOR OUR
KIDS? YOU TALK ABOUT THAT BLUE
LIGHT. MY KIDS HAVE ONE OF
THOSE AMAZON KINDLE FIRE
TABLETS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY TURN
OFF THE BLUE LIGHT AND MAKE IT
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIGHT. I
SOME TECHNOLOGY TRIES TO KEEP
UP WITH THIS BUT BOY FOR
THE KIDS IS TOUGH ON THOSE
YOUNG EYES. IT IS BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATE ERIC YOUNGER EYES
PHYSIOLOGICALLY ABSORB MORE
BLUE LIKE AN OLDER EYES.
THE OLDER YOU ARE THE MORE
THE LENS ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR
EYES BLOCKS THAT BLUE LIGHT
BEFORE IT HITS YOUR RETINA. SO
A YOUNGER PATIENT IS GOING TO
PUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME
HAVE MORE LIGHT THAT HITS THEIR
BLUE LIGHT EXCUSE ME THAT HITS
THEIR RETINA THAT MAKES THEM
MORE AT RISK FOR LONG TERM
PROBLEMS LIKE MACULAR
DEGENERATION AND SHORT TERM
PROBLEMS LIKE MELATONIN
SUPPRESSION WHICH AFFECTS THEIR
SLEEP CYCLES, DRY EYE AND EVEN
A WHOLE HOST OF SYMPTOMS CALLED
DIGITAL EYE STRAIN. SO IT'S
UNFORTUNATELY MUCH MORE ACUTE.
THE YOUNGER YOU ARE FOR THESE
PEOPLE WORKING HOME, THEY'VE
BEEN FORCED TO WORK AT HOME.
RIGHT. SO THEY'RE WATCHING
THEIR COMPUTER SCREEN AND MAYBE
CHECKING THEIR E-MAILS ON THEIR
PHONE. I THEY'VE GOT TO GET
WORK DONE STILL. WELL, WHAT
WHAT ADVICE SUGGESTIONS YOU
HAVE SO THEY CAN STILL
ACCOMPLISH THOSE TASKS AND
THEIR GOALS. YOU'RE EXACTLY
RIGHT, ERIC. THE OLD MAN THREE
YEARS AGO USED TO BE WELL,
WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT SCREEN
TIME. I'M NOT SURE HOW I TELL
MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS THE LIMIT
SCREEN TIME WHEN THEIR ONLY
ACCESS TO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IS
THROUGH A GREAT SO AT OUR
PRACTICE WE'RE TALKING MORE AND
MORE ABOUT HEY, LET'S USE
THE SCREENS AS MUCH AS WE WANT
BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE USE
PRODUCTS THAT TO BLOCK THE BLUE
LIGHT THAT'S EMANATING FROM
THOSE SCREENS AND WE REALLY
LIKE A PRODUCT FROM A COMPANY
CALLED ISAF THAT WORKS REALLY
WELL IT WORKS. YOU CAN DO IT ON
YOUR PHONES YOUR YOUR LAPTOPS
OR DESKTOPS. IT DOES A GREAT
JOB OF BLOCKING THAT BLUE LIGHT
SO BOTH YOUNG AND OLDER PEOPLE
CAN BE ON THOSE SCREENS, GET
THEIR WORK AND GET THEIR SCHOOL
DONE TO BE SAFE. YOU KNOW I'M
GUILTY OF THIS. I'LL REVIEW
KIND OF THE SHOW NOTES FROM
THIS INTERVIEW THAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT HERE RIGHT BEFORE I GO TO
BED. YOU KNOW AT NIGHT AND I
KNOW THAT'S NOT GOOD BUT CAN
YOU EXPLAIN WHY WHAT THAT DOES
TO THE EYE WHAT IT DOES TO
THE BRAIN RIGHT BEFORE YOUR
SLEEP? YES. SO BLUE LIGHT IS IT
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUTSIDE
ASSUMING THE SUN IS OUT YOU
BLUE LIGHT HELPS US ALL
PHYSIOLOGICALLY BECAUSE IT
MAKES US AWARE THAT WE SHOULD
BE AWAKE, WE SHOULD BE ALERT.
WE SHOULD BE UP. WELL,
UNFORTUNATELY THESE WHEN YOU'RE
ON THAT SCREEN LATE IT
SUPPRESSES MELATONIN WHICH
INCREASES LATER IN THE DAY
TELLING YOU TO GET READY FOR
SLEEP. SO IN EFFECT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, ERIC, IS TELLING YOUR
BODY NOT TO BE READY FOR SLEEP
WHEN YOU'RE ON AN UNPROTECTED
DEVICE THAT LATE IN THE DAY
YOU'RE GIVING AN EXCUSE TO JUST
TELL THE KIDS TO PUT THEMSELVES
TO BED BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO
LOOK AT THIS STUFF EARLIER AND
AGE, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY.
THE DAMAGE THOUGH, REALLY. I
MEAN LET'S BE HONEST THIS CAN
CREATE SOME LONG TERM DAMAGE TO
THE ACTUAL EYE. RIGHT. VERY
MUCH SO. YEAH. THERE'S
INCREASING STUDIES AND AND
RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THE LONG
TERM EFFECT OF LEADING TO
SOMETHING CALLED MACULAR
DEGENERATION IS VERY REAL AND
IT'S A VERY BIG RISK FACTOR
HERE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO BE ALL ALL BE AWARE
OF. DOCTOR DOCTOR. THANKS SO
MUCH FOR WALKING US THROUGH ALL
THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I HEALTH SO IMPORTANT RIGHT