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	<title>Eye Strain</title>
	<link>http://www.eye-strain.org</link>
	<description>What is eye strain, how to treat it and how to prevent it</description>
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		<title>Eye Strain Is A Symptom Of Keratoconus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keratoconus is a progressive eyesight illness where the normally round cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape. This cone shape deflects light because it enters the vision on its way towards light-sensitive retina, causing distorted vision.
Keratoconus can happen in just one or both eyes and generally starts for the duration of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eye-strain.org/eye-strain-is-a-symptom-of-keratoconus/</link>
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		<title>Fluorescent lamps And Eye Strain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While normally imperceptible to the human eye, fluorescent lighting has some sort of flicker. It really is the flicker itself that&#8217;s in fact an eye strain trigger. As a result, it won&#8217;t make any difference what kind of fixture houses the tubes. Men and women who tend to be susceptible to that flicker will certainly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eye-strain.org/fluorescent-lamps-and-eye-strain/</link>
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		<title>Squinting while using a computer screen or reading decreases your blink rate, increases your risk of eye strain.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study in 2005 by Ohio state university lead by professor James Sheedy has shown that while looking at a computer screen or reading people&#8217;s average blink rate went down by half (from 15 blinks per minute to 7.5 blinks per minute).
&#8220;People tend to squint when they read a book or computer display and that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eye-strain.org/squinting-while-using-a-computer-screen-or-reading-decreases-your-blink-rate-increases-your-risk-of-eye-strain/</link>
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		<title>What Are The Symptoms Of Eye Strain?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common symptoms of eye strain are as follows; dry eyes, pain in and around the eyes, blurry vision, double vision, burning eyes, watery eyes and small spasms or twitches around the eyes. In some rare cases the symptoms of eye strain can go beyond the eyes and lead to back pain, neck pain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asthenopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asthenopia (aesthenopia) is the medical name given to the common eye disorder &#8211; eye strain. This condition occurs after your eyes have been taxed for a long period of time, for example after hours of intense work on the computer or driving for hours.
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Fortunately the symptoms of asthenopia are fairly mild; dry eyes, itchy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eye-strain.org/asthenopia/</link>
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