A young woman Internet Web site designer visits her optometrist complaining of headaches, dry eye and fatigue. She tells the doctor that when she goes home after work all she feels like doing is sitting on the couch with her eyes shut. Her problem? 'Computer Vision Syndrome,' a result of the long hours she spends at her computer.
"I am seeing more and more patients coming in complaining of the same problems, that at the end of the day they don't want to get off the couch," says optometrist Dr. Robert Davis. In fact, he says, each month he treats close to 25 additional patients for CVS.