Here's how to tell if you damaged your eyes during the eclipse
You're not making up that headache
You're not making up that headache
You're not making up that headache
The has come and gone. Likely, you looked at the sun during it (). Now, your head hurts (). You맥스카지노re worried about eye damage (you맥스카지노re probably fine). But here맥스카지노s how to tell if you맥스카지노re not.
It takes about 12 hours to tell whether or not any permanent damage has occurred, professor emeritus of optometry and vision science at the University of Waterloo Ralph Chou told . The kind of retinal damage caused by looking at this kind of eclipse isn맥스카지노t painful, so you have to rely on other symptoms to know if damage was incurred: blurred vision, a spot (or multiple spots) at the center of your field of vision, or a clear spot.
Again, the chances you맥스카지노ve actually caused serious damage are minimal, chief of ophthalmology at Englewood Hospital Jacob Chung explains to . The sun isn맥스카지노t any more damaging during an eclipse than it is on any non-historical-eclipse-filled day, but you맥스카지노re more tempted to look at it, hence all the panic: "If you look at it for a second or two, nothing will happen. Five seconds, I'm not sure, but 10 seconds is probably too long, and 20 seconds is definitely too long.맥스카지노
Still, if you맥스카지노re worried, you have reason to be:Any damage in this realm is likely irreversible, ophthalmologist Sweta Kavali said in a video. If you are concerned, go see an optometrist or, ideally, an ophthalmologist.