Staring At A Screen All Day Might Be Making Your Eyes Crazy Itchy Korin Miller
You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about your eyes. After all, they consistently show up for you every day. But when you re stuck wondering,
Why are my eyes so damn itchy? it’s all you can think about.
At a very basic level, having eye itchiness means that your eyes’ protective measures have been breeched.“The surface of the eyes, like our skin, is in constant contact with our environment,” says Aditya Kanesa-thasan, MD, a corneal surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital. Both the actual surface of your eyeballs and your tears help protect your eyes from a range of potential issues, he says. But sometimes they’re just not enough and ~something~ creates a problem for your eyeballs. Cue the itchiness.