Lacrimal dysfunction and work environment

If the work environment is sick

If at work you often feel fatigued, you have a headache and cannot concentrate or are bothering you, they burn you and your eyes hurt, so you could suffer from "Sick Building Syndrome", or "sick building syndrome", a pathology identified and described in the 1980s by the WHO.

As they appear, these symptoms disappear after a few hours of leaving the "contaminated" building, making it clear that even the places in which we live and work are often harmful to our health and undermine the daily well-being of the person.

Lacrimal dysfunction but not only

This is why the risks of this syndrome, which are not so "dangerous" for health, can be so for the productivity and performance of a company. In fact, we should also consider the cases in which these disorders, initially of a minor nature - such as dry eyes, tired eyesight or difficulty concentrating - can lead to and become more serious pathologies, which involve the eye as much - conjunctivitis, sensation of foreign body, lens intolerance -, how much discomfort to other parts of the body, such as the skin, for which rashes, allergies and respiratory disorders develop that can even trigger cases of asthma .

How to prevent "Sick building syndrome"

If you care about the health of your employees and if you also want to work in a healthier work environment or simply, with the arrival of autumn, you are dedicating yourself to in-depth sanitation of your home, here are some simple basic rules which is important to consider to prevent the above described.

> Humidify the environments, which have at least a minimum humidity of 35% . For this reason humidifiers and diffusers enriched with essential oils for the environment can be useful, especially in winter with access heating or during the summer if the air conditioner is on. Ventilation is often recommended.

> Occasionally stop using the video terminal : this is a frequent cause of dry eye. Remember that by law (81/2008 in implementation of article 1 of law 123/2007) to prevent health risks, including sight, posture and fatigue, related to work by computer or similar, applies the obligation for the employer to protect employees with measures that provide for breaks of a quarter of an hour every two hours, through breaks or by changing the type of activity.

> Artificial light strains the eyes and causes fatigue : better to choose, if you can choose, natural light. Care should also be taken that there are no reflections of the windows on the monitor.

> To conclude, the passive smoking of the cigarette break with colleagues is highly deleterious: it causes a decrease in the density of those cells of the ocular membrane, responsible for and in charge of balancing the mucous layer of the tear film.

Tear dysfunction test

As ophthalmologists advise, it is a good idea to often drink natural water, herbal teas and natural juices, which promotes hydration. It is also recommended to consume foods rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, as well as the possible intake of natural vision supplements, if necessary and prescribed.

Furthermore we recommend the use of a natural moisturizing and lubricating eye drops, on the market there are really effective ones to soothe and soften the eye.

To help all patients suffering from eye disorders, especially in the environment in which they work, Thea Farma, together with a team of ophthalmologists called " Picasso Group", promoted the smart test on lacrimal dysfunction, a quick and simple questionnaire to be filled, with which it is possible to measure the tear function.