Damascus-Sana
The eye diseases and surgery specialist advises to wear sunglasses to protect the eyes from the arrival of ultraviolet rays and high heat in the summer, stressing the importance of choosing glasses with appropriate medical specifications to reach real protection and not for the opposite to happen if the sunglasses are for accessories and decorations only.
In a statement to SANA, ophthalmologist Dr. Buthaina Al Sheikha indicated that sunglasses have a health necessity, as they reduce the eye's exposure to heat and bright sunlight and protect from dust and can be used by all ages, especially during the summer season, pointing to the importance of taking into account the importance of choosing the lenses of these glasses according to specific specifications To fulfill its health purpose.
And Dr. Sheikha called for not choosing poorly-made or non-original sunglasses even if it is for temporary use or for cosmetic purposes because it does not prevent UV rays from entering the eye and causes sensitivity and problems in the retina indicating that sunglasses that achieve protection must be tight on the eye with Little penetration of light from both sides, and the lens should not be darker than 85 percent because it reduces the light entering the eye, and thus the size of the pupil enlarges and the light enters more.
Healthy sunglasses must have a number of specifications according to Dr. Sheikha, including the presence of a UV filter and the property of preventing the rays reflected from flat surfaces from entering the eye, indicating that it is wrong to correlate the color or shape of the glasses with the degree of protection for the eye and that some dark glasses It does not prevent harmful rays from entering the eye and may harm more than good.
For his part, specialist in ophthalmology and surgery, Dr. Ghassan Al-Tawil, indicated that the eye is characterized by the presence of a self-defense mechanism for the eye that expels rays that go outside the eye ball and does not enter the eye and the retina changes in the event that the eye is exposed to any disease. The white eye.
Dr. Al-Tawil pointed out that light-colored eyes are more sensitive to the sun, as they do not respond to the sun's rays sufficiently, while dark-colored eyes are characterized by greater resistance to sunlight, stressing the importance of choosing sunglasses with healthy specifications that provide adequate protection for the eye and stay away from commercial types.