Taking care of your eyes while travelling is quite important, in order to ensure an enjoyable trip. Any possible eye problems can create unpleasant feelings and eventually ruin your days. Here are four useful tips that can help you maintain your eye health and avoid any potential issues.
1. Don’t forget your eye care items
Make sure that you pack everything needed for your eye care routine, such as eyeglass, contact lenses’ cleansing, sunglasses, or eye drops. It may be better if you put them in a bag to which you maintain access during travelling hours. In any case, always remember that it may be difficult to find the things required for your daily personal care when in a foreign country. So, it’s better to be well-prepare in advance.
2. Limit the time you spend on screen
While travelling, especially in long-trips, it is common and, sometimes inevitable, to spend more time on your phone or tablet, than usually. However, if you exceed the time you spend on screen, it is really possible that your eyes will be dehydrated and that will make you feel really uncomfortable. One useful tip you can use is the 20-20-20 minute rule. According to this, after 20 minutes on screen, take a 20 second break and draw your attention to something which is 20 feet away. You should try that!
3. Stay well rested
Why not put aside your cell phone and instead of seamlessly scrolling down on social media, take a quick nap? That could really be rejuvenating for your eyes. Instead of tired, red, itching eyes, you can enjoy your trip after some time of rest, without your eyes making you feel irritated. Not only during the travel-hours, but also after reaching to your destination, never forget to rest sufficiently. Getting enough sleep has much more benefits than simply being your main energy supplier!
4. Keep your hands and devices clean
In order to avoid irritation, always, make sure that you don’t touch your face and eyes with dirty hands. items. Rubbing your eyes is a rather unconscious move which can though harm your eyes, however doing that with dirty hands can severely worsen the situation, as inserting noxious germs. One suggestion that could help, is to always have hand sanitizer or at least hand-wipes with you. As during the day whilst your hands are not the cleanest ones, and you touch several devices and personal belongings of yours, it is recommended to later on thoroughly clean your things except for your hands. Because the next time you touch them with clean hands, you want them to be bacteria-free.
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