Dr. Sudhir, who is a Neurologist from Hyderabad, took to Twitter and revealed how a 30-year-old woman damaged her vision due to her routine behaviour of looking at her smartphone at night in a dark room.
The woman used to spend hours on her phone scrolling through social media.Kumar said that the diagnosis was fairly u2018obviousu2019 to him after gathering this information – she was suffering from u2018smartphone vision syndromeu2019.u201cI did not order any investigations nor did I prescribe any medicines (even though Manju requested, as she was anxious). I counseled her about the possible cause for her vision impairment and suggested the minimize the use of smartphone, the doctor wrote.
Image source-Twitter At 1-month review, Manju was absolutely fine. Her vision impairment of 18 months had gone. Now, she had normal eyesight, did not see any floaters or flashes of light. Moreover, her momentary loss of vision at nights also stopped, Kumar wrote.The doctor urged people to avoid looking at screens of digital devices for long as this could cause severe and disabling vision-related problems.Comment down your screen time. This issue needs urgent attention specially among the youth. Weak eyesight was already a prevailing problem but loosing eyesight is now another growing issue which needs consideration.
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Hyderabad woman loses eyesight after using her smartphone in dark, doctors explains the case.
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