Smoking not only affects your respiratory system, it also damages your visual health by promoting conditions such as macular degeneration and cataracts, which can end in partial loss of vision or blindness if you do not receive adequate care.
Macular degeneration affects central vision, necessary to see objects clearly, read, recognize faces, etc. For timely detection of age-related macular degeneration, an eye examination is necessary, since this condition does not usually present initial symptoms. However, some of the symptoms that may occur are:
- Blurred vision or a blurred spot in central vision.
- Need for more light to read or do other tasks.
- Straight lines that look wavy.
- Difficulty recognizing faces.
Active smokers are twice or three times more likely to present themselves with these problems, compared to a non-smoker.
To provoke a timely detection of this type of disease, it is necessary not to take lightly certain signs that indicate that we should go for a check-up, as well as visit a specialist at least once a year. Laboratorios Sophia offers you the virtual platform muchoquever.org that makes the network of ophthalmologists throughout Mexico available at a click and at very affordable costs.