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Eyes are undoubtedly a blessing, allowing us to see and experience the world. However, certain habits, particularly eye strain, can be detrimental to our vision. Eye strain is a dangerous habit that many people fail to recognize.
It's natural for everyone to feel the urge to close their eyes at times. Rubbing eyes due to tiredness, itchiness, or swelling is common, often prompted by stress. The main reason for eye irritation is itching, but it's crucial to understand the consequences.
Rubbing your eyes puts pressure on the delicate tissues around them, damaging the skin and affecting collagen levels, a hormone that keeps the skin young and smooth. This pressure can damage tiny blood vessels, leading to dark circles and puffiness, accelerating skin aging. Additionally, rubbing can cause minor scratches to the cornea, risking serious vision loss and increasing the likelihood of various eye infections.
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Despite appearing clean, hands are full of germs. Rubbing your eyes with your fingers can transfer these germs, exposing your eyes to infections like conjunctivitis and other eye diseases. Eye strain also thickens the skin around the eyes, causing wrinkles and dryness. If itching is due to allergies, rubbing triggers histamine release, providing temporary relief but worsening the allergy afterward.
This habit overproduces the hormone that maintains the skin's color around the eyes, leading to dark circles and increased redness, making your eyes appear tired. Rubbing also results in painful rashes around the eyes.
Vision naturally deteriorates with age, but eye strain accelerates this process by altering the cornea's structure, causing a condition known as 'keratoconus.' This changes how light is used for vision, rapidly deteriorating eyesight, and necessitating spectacles.
Increased pressure from eye rubbing affects internal eye fluid and blood flow, potentially leading to cataracts and vision destruction. Continuous rubbing affects blood vessel functions, making bright light painful.
To protect your eyes, it's essential to change these habits. For itchy eyes, splash cold water and avoid touching them with dirty hands. Protect your vision by being mindful of these everyday habits and their potential harm.
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