Major Impacts of Smoking on EyeSight
When life gives you lemons, do you actually make lemonades? I dont believe that personally. A lot of people go through a lot in their lives and a common coping mechanism that they opt for in order to make themselves feel okay is smoking.
I know! I know! not everyone does it as a coping mechanism. Some of you might have come under the influence of close friends. You tried it once and voila it suddenly made you feel as if the world around you is actually heaven that you’re living in.
But, it should be kept in mind that with all the amusement the cons of smoking can never be overlooked. It is known to a lot of you that smoking does affect the lungs and heart. However, it might hit you like a shock that it can affect the eyes and eyesight pretty badly. It can impact your vision, cultivate dry eyes, and affect the blood flow to the retina.
The risk of sight loss is increased 4 times if you are a smoker and for heavy smokers, the figure gets even higher.
Shall we dive into the effects that smoking can leave on your eyes? Well, let’s start.
Careful! AMD is Coming for You
This particular condition known as Age-Related Macular Degeneration affects a smoker is 4 times that of non-smokers. A great number of AMD cases occur due to tobacco consumption that is extremely unhealthy. It isn’t mentioned anywhere that all the smokers get affected by it, but they are likely to get suffered from it 5 years prior than the non-smokers.
The worst part is that it can affect passive smokers pretty badly. Just imagine! by merely breathing in second-hand smoke you can get affected by AMD. The major cause is the disturbance of the blood flow to the retina due to excessive smoking. What basically happens is that you start to have blurry vision, faded colors, and eventually there is a total loss of vision that is seen.
Watch Out for Vascular Disease!
It is already registered in the minds of people that tobacco smoke contains almost 7000 toxic compounds that can affect the heart pretty badly. But I am sure that most of you dont know that smoking over a period of time can harden the arteries of the eyes pretty bad. And when the arteries of the eyes are blocked serious optic nerve damage can be seen happening, leading to vision loss and even blindness.
Other visual complications are seen making life difficult for people. So, do consider quitting the use of tobacco and other eye exercises, which I know you won’t pay attention to as of now.
Save the Infant’s Eyes
When a woman smokes while she is expecting. It is the worst that she can do to affect the eyes of the child. The chemicals inhaled from cigarettes and other types o smoking can travel through the placenta and cause serious damage to the baby’s eyes.
The leading cause of blindness in newborns is the consumption of tobacco during the pregnancy period. Abies that are exposed to smoke while resting in the womb is more likely to be acquainted-eyed or crossed-eyed. Generally, it is seen that smoker women give birth to premature babies as compared to non-smokers.
Stay Cautious of Abnormal Eye Movements
The most addictive component to get from too much tobacco consumption is called nicotine. It interferes and impacts the balance center in the brain. Due to this reason, eerie eye movements can be observed, these are referred to as, nystagmus. These movements when noticed can be circular and also jerky enough to make it difficult for you to focus on one object.
It can be treated by getting surgery done, but to be honest there is no permanent solution for it. It always comes back so there is no need to spend money to make it all okay when it is going to come back.
Wrapping It Up!
Although smoking has always been considered to take your mind off of stuff and to make you feel happy.
Just think for a second of the cons of this habit. Your eyes are a very important organ. If you are having issues with your vision and eyesight then look for ways to improve your eyesight and consult a relevant doctor.
