Prolonged periods of gaming may contribute to the development of dry eye symptoms in young adults, according to a study presented at the 2023 EastWest Eye Care Conference.
“There have been a number of different studies — not just looking at gamers, but anybody who has prolonged screen use — that have shown the production of dry eye symptoms like we did, but also associations with digital screen use and dry eye,” Edmund P. Farris, MD, study author and associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai in New York City, told