Posted on 03/04/2024 5:28:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
Gen Zers are getting increasingly near-sighted from staring at their electronic devices all day and face a blindness epidemic if they continue to stay indoors while phone-addicted, a leading eye surgeon warns in a new report.
The rates of near-sightedness, or myopia, have been skyrocketing across the world with an increase of 46% in the UK over the last three decades, according to the Daily Mail. In the US, a study from California says myopia has spiked a staggering 59% among teenagers.
And Zoomers face mounting risks of developing serious vision problems – even leading up to blindness – after missing out on natural sunlight during puberty, the outlet reports.
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My eyesight was fine until 8 months of schematics in the USAF.
True.
Mine went downhill after discover all my FRiends on FR.
We can put them in a zoo and watch them stumble around to entertain ourselves.
They always said it’ll make you go blind
The price we pay for entertainment.
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This is silly.
My eyesight may suffer but my brain is healthy :-)
Just remember, you do not remember a darn thing you had seen from FR. ^)
It’s not the phones.
It’s the porn on the phones.
Nearsighted and hairy palmed.
It won’t slow them down they’ll just get brain implants for connectivity
Gotta love the mass media....with their desperate for click revenue headlines...”Epidemic of Blindness” really equals nearsightedness/myopia. And what does “Lack of Sunlight” have to do with it?? That would actually be beneficial to the eyes...less chance of cataracts later in life.
Nothing a good pair of glasses won’t fix.
Best Exercises for Eye Strain
https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/best-exercises-eye-strain
I have heard this kind of advice from a few different sources recently.
It’s not *silly*.
Any muscles can atrophy from lack of use. Muscles that are restricted from being used will weaken and tighten up. When that happens in your eyes, it WILL affect your vision.
FR? What’s a FR?
“Blind, fat and hunchbacked is bi way to go through life, son!”
I had perfect 20/20 vision until I discovered a stack of Playboys. My palms weren’t hairy, either!
I blamed it on reading the articles!
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