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Habit of Rubbing Eyes Can Cause Blindness
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February 4th, 2011Health InfoTags: Medical News, New South Wales School, Vision Science, Wales
Apparently rubbing eyes can cause blindness? That is being researched in the study held in Sydney, Australia. In the study revealed that rubbed habits can irritate the eyes and cause for glaucoma or blindness disease.Eyes are the most sensitive sense, even according to professor Charles McMonnies from the University of New South Wales School of Optometry and Vision Science, gently rubbing the eye could even pressure in which next can trigger and affect the occurrence of blindness. In another study said that blindness and eye disease associated with other eye pressure. Blindness can also be triggered by the use of goggles, sleeping face down, or perform a particular exercise at the gym. In the Medical News, Professor McMonnies says that every touch of the eyelids can increase eye pressure. Light touch will add a bit of pressure but powerful touch can trigger increased pressure of 3-5 times the normal pressure. Professor McMonnies also suggested in wiping his eyes when he was watering should be careful, especially when you have to clean my makeup around the eyes.
Why rubbing eyes is dangerous? Because when you rubbed your eyes, the hands will be in direct contact with the eyelid. With this, the eye pressure can be increased to 10 times the normal level.
