Using iPhone/Pad in the Dark leads to Blindness and Dry Eyes - MUST READ !!!‏

Those who use their cell phones, iPads in bed, without the room lights on, they will have serious eye problems such as Macular Degeneration which leads to incurable blindness.

 

Beware to watch out for your kids !

 

Recently, there is an increase of age 30-40 years olds coming for eyes problems caused by macular lesions, leading to the rapid deterioration of vision, especially irreversible macular disease.

30% of patients, most are heavy users of smart phones, one of the reason is that the patients are reading mobile during bedtime IN THE DARK, without proper augmentinglight source from the bedroom.  Same applies in the use of iPad.  Staring at the mobile screen  in the dark directly harms the macula of the eye.  It also worsens with those patients suffering from dry eye syndromes.

Some describes Macular Diseases as equivalent to have eye cancer.  The sickness leads to blindness.  Modern medicine still cannot yield full recovery.  Early treatment using laser or injectable steroids into the eyes may deter from deterioration.

Doctors suggest taking more lutein,  But more importantly is to avoid the bad habit of using the phone in complete darkness which causes a lifetime of eye damage.

習慣睡覺前，手機滑一下，就會滑出大問題。

 

最近有越來越多30到40歲患者上門求診，因為在就寢關燈後，還使用智能型手穖。手機强光直射眼睛30分鐘以上，造成眼睛[黄斑部]病變，導致視力急速惡化，特别不可逆的黄斑病。一旦得了黄斑病，就等於眼睛癌症，只有等着失明，因為現代醫學無法治療，更談不上治愈。       

 

關燈後看手機屏幕在黑暗中特别明亮，近距離觀看，高能量直射眼睛，直接傷害眼睛的黄斑部。醫師表示，黄斑部病變多半是老年人出現的症状，但最近患者却有年輕化趨勢。其中 30 到 40 歲患者增加 3 成，大多都是智能型手機重度使用者。 

然而熄燈後，不管是看手機，還是滑平板 iPad，不只黄斑部病變，初期會引發乾眼症，眼珠泛黄，嚴重則讓白内障提早報到，甚至讓視力喪失，變成失明。

 

病變初期，得接受雷射或注射類固醇，才有機會治愈。醫師建議，除了多補充葉黄素，最重要的是戒除使用手機的不良習慣。因為睡前忍不住滑一下，造成的恐怕是一辈子的傷害。