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We are used to seeing stars wearing thousands of NIS sunglasses, but at less than 100 NIS per pair, Simon Cowell's orange sunglasses may be one of the cheapest fashion accessories he has ever purchased.
However, Cowell, one of the icons of reality music in the world, has not been seen in public without them since they first appeared during the America's Got Talent taping last fall.
And for a good reason that doesn't include Fasson - Cowell insists the glasses, which he says he bought online, will help him fight the crippling migraines that have apparently plagued him for years.
Although last week Cowell missed several auditions during the filming of Britain's Got Talent - due to a sudden onset of a painful migraine - he insists the glasses still help a lot.
One friend told reporters: 'He swears they make a huge difference.'
But can a pair of cheap brightly colored glasses really provide a simple solution to a condition that affects hundreds of millions of people around the world?
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Migraines are intense and very severe, one-sided headaches, which are often accompanied by symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, pain behind one eye or ear, pain in the temples, spots or flashing lights in the vision, sensitivity to light or sound, temporary loss of vision and even a feeling of paralysis in the face.
Migraine pain is often defined as moderate to severe.
The attack may be so severe that those who suffer from it will go to the emergency room for treatment.
A migraine will cause intense pain of a throbbing nature, which makes daily functioning difficult.
In general, migraines are more common among women.
Headaches may appear for many different reasons, the most common of which are: worries, mental stress, stress or lack of sleep, drinking too much alcohol or dehydration.
Migraine, which is a neurological condition, may have diverse causes and more complex factors.
A seizure is almost always triggered by a combination of factors: whether it's hormonal balance, allergies, family history and genetics, nerve damage or nutritional and environmental factors.
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How does it really help?
"I remember doing a study on light exposure in migraine about 25 years ago," says Dr. Andy Dawson, a clinical specialist at the UK Headache Service to The Daily Mail. We then found that migraine attacks were much more likely when sufferers were exposed to light in red and blue wavelengths than These are yellow or green, for example.
All light consists of a spectrum of colors, each of which has different wavelengths. At one end of the spectrum are blue and violet, which have the shortest wavelengths, and at the other end, red and orange, which have the longest wavelengths. Several studies have found that light in the second The ends of the spectrum - eg. red and blue - are more likely to trigger migraines than colors in the middle of the spectrum such as green or yellow. It is not known why, but certain wavelengths seem to increase sensitivity to pain in migraine sufferers.
Blocking red or blue light by wearing chemically coated glasses Preventing them from reaching the eye has been shown to help. "Some people in a study I did reported that the frequency of attacks was reduced by half to three-quarters when they regularly wore dark glasses that blocked a lot of red and blue light," says Dr. Dawson.
The music industry guru has previously spoken about how spending hours at a time under bright lights in studios can increase the chances of a migraine attack.
Manufacturers of some dark glasses claim that they also protect against the flickering effect, although there is little published research to back this up.
Dr. Dawson says there's no harm in trying a cheap pair if light is a trigger. "Around 80 percent of migraines are caused by photosensitivity, so wearing glasses during an attack can be especially helpful.
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The glasses also helped Bono
Cowell isn't the first to wear dark sunglasses for health.
In the past, many thought that the sunglasses that Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, wears in every possible situation, even when he is at home, are a kind of fashion statement or a whim of a rock star.
But it's not true.
For the past two decades, the star has been suffering from glaucoma, which, if not treated, may lead to visual impairment and even blindness.
Why do you mirror if that's the case?
In advanced cases of glaucoma, when visual impairment occurs, visual acuity can sometimes be improved by using glasses with special filters, in orange, yellow or brown shades, which reduce glare and improve contrast.
Using glasses with these filters is effective in a variety of eye diseases, because they make it easier to distinguish the image.
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