Many eye complaints have nothing to do with organic illness but are caused by emotional strain and stress factors.

Symptoms

• General tiredness with blurred vision
• Headaches and/or irritations in the anterior eye
• Segments
• Heavy eyelids
• Stinging sensation

Potential causes

• Emotional exhaustion, stress
• Long hours reading or working at the computer screen
• Lack of or insufficient glasses

What you can do yourself

To relax the eyes it is always a good idea to look into the distance for 3-5 minutes or to keep your eyes ‘in shape’ by means of regular eye exercises. Yawning extensively and moving your eyes up, down, to the right and to the left will increase the amount of tears secreted by your eyes. Eye drops are also useful in this regard.