EYE DAMAGE CAUSED BY LONG-TERM MASK WEARING

by Rev. Joda Collins

Hours of eye mask wearing is causing dry eyes becasue the long-term use of masks causes escaped air flow to cross eyes with each breath cycle, drying the eyes. In addition, masks interrupt normal blinking, a necessary and otherwise (without a mask) automatic function of the body. The proposed solution is to have air tight mask so the exhaled air (including the waste designed to exit the body) is continually re-inhaled hour after hour, thus not passing out the top of the mask and over the eyes, drying them out. (1) 

The long-term effects of constantly inhaling all exhaled waste is yet to be discovered, but be assured that will be learned.  Suggestions on the damage long-term mask wearing might be doing right now are found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261306/ .  You might be the first to get severe lung damage and/or other respiratory damage and be the lucky one to let us all know what diseases are in store for others. 

In the meantime, the long-term effects (damage) of continual dry eyes are "...scratches on the cornea, the clear, dome-shaped surface in front of the iris. The cornea is a critical component of the eye, protecting it from dust, germs and other dangerous elements. The cornea is also responsible for screening out harmful UV rays. Over time, corneal scratches due to dry eye can produce scarring and result in permanent vision loss...the eye(s)...lost."  (2)

 

"Too much UV light is linked to multiple eye diseases, including:

·             Cataracts—The leading cause of blindness in the world….

·             Macular Degeneration—The leading cause of age-related blindness….

·             Pterygium—A pink, non-cancerous growth that forms on the white part of the eyeball. It can easily become inflamed and cause discomfort. If pterygium expands to the cornea, vision may be compromised.

·             Cancer of the eye—Melanoma…. "(3)

(1).  https://www.health.com/condition/eye-health/mask-associated-dry-eye?utm_medium=browser&utm_source=health.com&utm_content=20200907&utm_campaign=657367

(2).  https://www.northfloridavision.com/blog/post/2015/10/07/Long-Term-Effects-of-Dry-Eye.aspx .) 

 

(3).  https://visionfirsteyecare.com/the-effects-of-uv-light-on-your-eyes/#:~:text=Too%20much%20UV%20light%20is,of%20overexposure%20to%20UV%20radiation.

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