Habitually using hand phones before bedtime in the dark can lead to serious problems.
Recently, an increasing number of 30-40 year-old patients are seeking medical attention due to using hand phones in the dark.
Professor Li Li, director of the Hospital of Ophthalmology said: direct
glare of >30 minutes would
cause irreversible eye macular
degeneration that leads to rapid deterioration of vision.
Contracting maculopathy (eye cancer) means waiting for loss of sight because modern medicine cannot treat, let alone cure it.
The bright phone in the dark with close-up view high-energy directed at the eyes will damage the macula of the eye.
Professor Li Li said that symptoms of macular degeneration is mostly
experienced by old people, but lately patients are getting younger.
Patients who are 30-40 years of age increased by 3 %, most are frequent
users of hand phones.
However, viewing the hand phone in the dark not only causes macular
degeneration. It initially causes dry eyes, cataracts and eventually
loss of sight.
Early lesions of the eye have to be treated with laser or injection of steroids.
254 Hospital eye specialist Professor Li Li suggested that the most
important thing is to get rid of the bad habit of using hand phones in
the dark. Because habitual use of hand phones in thr dark b4 bedtime may
cause a lifetime of harm.