3. Dry eye syndrome
When people are concentrating on looking at a screen, their blinking rate is reduced by a third. This leads to a higher level of tear evaporation which is one of the leading causes of dry eye syndrome. This can, eventually, lead to permanent eye damage, according to dailymail.co.uk.
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Mobile Internet users browse online in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, July 2014. [Photo/IC] |