Smoking Linked to More Vision Problems
Here's another reason to stop smoking. Researchers have just discovered that a long history of smoking is a huge risk for developing uveitis. The case-control study was preformed in retrospect, yet is highly respected and relevant to the vision industry.
Patients that were located in an uveitis clinic were more likely to report present or past smoking activity than patients without ocular inflammation (35.5% versus 23.6%, P<0.001), according to the University of California San Francisco. After making some adjustments for race, gender, age, income, etc, the smokers were more than twice as likely to experience uveitis than the people that never picked up a cigarette. This was reported in Ophthalmology March edition. When looked at separately, the results played out in the same fashion
In the water-soluble elements of cigarette smoke, there are oxygen free radicals that can lead to vascular inflammation, causing great issues to your vision. Since participants filled out a survey about their smoking, the quantity was not recorded. Hearing and vision can face many adversities. Make sure you protect your vision hearing health!