How Smoking Can Keep Your Eyesight At High Risk.
                     How Smoking Can Keep 
Your Eyesight At High 
Risk.
SRG Eye Hospital
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Outlines
How smoking affects 
Introduction your eyesight?
Signs of eye diseases How to save yourself 
related to smoking from the harmful 
effects?
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INTRODUCTION
I understand that smoking can affect my 
respiratory system but it can affect my 
eyesight too. But how?’ Well, this may be 
your question too! The best e
ye specialist in Ahmedabad 
opinionated that smoking can result in 
cloudy vision and reduce your field of 
eyesight. It may gradually cause blindness 
too. These are only a few risk factors of 
smoking for your eyesight. To know more, 
read on till the last.
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How smoking affects your eyesight?
Cataract & AMD
The 
best cataract surgeon in Ahmedabad 
believes that smoking affects the retina, 
lens and macula in our eyes. Chain 
smokers are at a greater risk of 
developing cataracts and age-related 
macular degeneration (AMD). While 
cataract refers to the clouding of the eye’s 
lens, AMD causes gradual destruction of 
the eye’s macula. The risk of developing 
AMD in smokers is thrice that of a non-
smoker and may cause irreversible 
blindness.
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How smoking affects your eyesight?
Diabetic eye disease
Smoking increases the probability of developing 
diabetes by 40%. Further, it complicates 
diabetic health issues for smokers. One major 
disease caused by diabetes is diabetic 
retinopathy. The condition weakens blood 
vessels at the back of your eyes and results in 
blood leaking. 
The eye specialist in Ahmedabad suggests 
avoiding second-hand smoke, too for healthy 
eyesight. Besides vision problems, second-hand 
smoking increases the risk of heart disease, 
lung cancer, and stroke.
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Signs of eye diseases 
related to smoking
While the signs may vary from person to person and for 
cataracts, AMD and diabetic retinopathy, the 
best cataract surgeon in Ahmedabad suggests not to 
neglect these early signs of eye issues:
● Cloudy and blurry vision
● Sensitivity to light
● Fading colours
● Double vision
● Trouble seeing at night
● Loss of central vision 
● Blurry or wavy patches in your central vision
Though many people think that vaping will save them from 
the unwanted effects of smoking, the truth is another way 
around. In fact, several chemicals in e-cigarettes are also 
related to the above types of eye diseases. 
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How to save yourself from 
the harmful effects?
The only best advice given by the 
best cataract surgeon in Ahmedabad is to quit 
smoking. While experts can prevent other eye 
disease risk factors (family history and age), but 
preventing eye diseases due to smoking is next to 
impossible.  The chances of both cataracts and 
AMDs can be reduced significantly by quitting 
smoking. Furthermore, quitting smoking will not only 
save you from eye diseases, but it will also give you 
a healthy life free from other ailments. 
Our experts at SRG Eye Hospital suggest you go for 
regular eye checkups besides quitting smoking. 
Regular eye checkups not only asses your eye 
health at regular interval but also helps you prevent 
unforeseen eyesight issues. Book an appointment 
today.
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