Quite recently, smartphones have been dubbed as one of the most significant inventions of the 21stcentury – and for several good reasons. Without a doubt, they have changed the way we live our lives in several ways.
Unfortunately, this also meant some negative effects. In fact, there have been a number of studies that showed how smartphones can trigger varying health conditions from addiction to depression to chronic pain. And the latest health consequence associated with excessive smartphone use is temporary blindness.
A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine stated that two women in England were diagnosed with blindness induced by too much smartphone usage, especially at night. Both of the women described that they were having vision difficulties in one eye though the occurrence is temporary.
More about the Condition
The eye problem is known as transient monocular visual loss and the symptoms are as follows:
- Only one of the eyes becomes blind.
- The vision loss is only temporary, usually lasting only for 15 minutes.
- It happens almost at nighttime...
