We are all well aware of the side effects of technology and what an addiction to smart gadgets can do. Still, many people ignore or don’t follow precautions and let their addiction take a toll on their health.
A similar story was highlighted and is getting viral on the social media platform. A woman from Hyderabad had a similar addiction to using her smartphone at night. And her habit of night scrolling over social media made her lose her eyesight.
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.
In his Twitter thread, the doctor revealed that one of his patients named Manju came to him with the symptoms of seeing floaters, intense flashes of light, dark zigzag patterns, and occasionally a lack of vision or concentration on objects. When she went through the medical examination, it was diagnosed that she was suffering from smartphone vision syndrome (SVS), which can lead to eye-related problems including blindness.
According to the doctor, the reason behind her vision loss was her habit of spending a lot of time on her phone in the dark. A routine habit she had been following for around one and a half years. “I reviewed the history. Symptoms had started after she quit her job of a beautician in order to take care of her specially abled child. She picked up a new habit of browsing through her smartphone for several hours daily, including >2 hours at nights with lights switched off,” Dr Sudhir wrote in his Twitter thread.
However, after noting her routine, Dr advised her medication and asked her to reduce her screen time. Following the medication and avoiding screen, she was able to recover her vision. “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. Our suspicion was proved right,” the Twitter thread further reads.
While Manju was treated at the right time, it is alarming that many people are suffering from smartphone vision syndrome (SVS) or “computer vision syndrome” (CVS) or “digital vision syndrome”. What further makes things serious is that this syndrome can even lead to a loss of partial or complete vision. Although with medication and changes in lifestyle one can be cured still, still using the smartphone with responsibility is still the need.
However, after noting her routine, Dr advised her medication and asked her to reduce her screen time. Following the medication and avoiding screen, she was able to recover her vision. “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. Our suspicion was proved right,” the Twitter thread further reads.
While Manju was treated at the right time, it is alarming that many people are suffering from smartphone vision syndrome (SVS) or “computer vision syndrome” (CVS) or “digital vision syndrome”. What further makes things serious is that this syndrome can even lead to a loss of partial or complete vision. Although with medication and changes in lifestyle one can be cured still, still using the smartphone with responsibility is still the need.
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