A long view of the snow easily lead to "snow blindness"

Recently, Wuhan continued to snow, causing some hospitals eye "Snowblind" patients increased. Doctors warned a long view of the snow easily lead to "snow blindness", snow require eye protection.
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27, the morning of 8-year-old boy clearly and several smaller partners in the snow, snowball fights in the afternoon his eyes red, and photophobia of eyes, tears. His mother took him to the hospital for examination, an ophthalmologist diagnosed to see the snow for too long cause "snow blindness." In recent days, a number of Ophthalmology Wuhan series of close consultation, "Snowblind" patients.

Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region Eye physician Xu Qiang said, "Snowblind," also known as the Nikko ophthalmia, is a large area of snow reflected light, the outer layer of the cornea eye burns caused by ultraviolet radiation. He said several times recently in Wuhan dropped the snow, snow everywhere, because of snow on the high reflectivity of light, in particular, the rate of new snow reflects up to 95%. Prolonged exposure to the human eye in UV light stimulation, corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells will be killed, and then fall off, resulting in corneal opacity are not clear about what a "snow blindness" symptoms.

Doctors advise, in order to prevent the light reflected from snow surface cause "snow blindness," suggesting that a long time to deal with the snow out of the staff training and on duty, they should wear protective sunglasses. In case of "snow blindness", the first wash with cold water or eye drops eyes, and then use goggles or a clean handkerchief, gauze, etc. to live gently deposited the eyes, as eyes closed rest, snow blindness symptoms usually takes 5 days to 7 days be dispelled.