This is because the retina has no pain receptors to alert you that damage is happening. Although the sun may cause you to squint, It’s hard to know that you are causing sun damage to eyes. Solar retinopathy can happen by looking at the sun for as little as 10 seconds. But permanent irreversible damage can occur as well. Depending on the severity of damage, vision might improve within a few months of the event. The long-term damage of solar retinopathy is hard to detect.
As a result, a person experiencing solar retinopathy might have distorted or blindspots within their vision. This chemical type burn, damages the cells within the retina which are responsible for vision. As a result, the flood of UV light causes a photochemical reaction within the retina (back of the eye). Solar retinopathy is a result of too much sun light hitting the retina (back of the eye) at once. This type of eye damage is typically what people experience after viewing the sun or an eclipse for a duration without proper eye protection. Staring directly at the sun can cause a very serious eye condition called solar retinopathy. But, just how does viewing the sun damage eyes? This weeks blog article, breaks down the different types of eye related sun damage. We thought this would be a great time to discuss and answer the question, “what are the problems with sun damage to eyes?”.Īn important part of viewing the eclipse, was making sure your were doing so safely! Well, apparently, not everyone watching the eclipse got this memo! After the eclipse, Google reported spikes in traffic for questions regarding sun damage to eyes. It has even been reported that this eclipse was the most watched solar eclipse in history. So, as you read further into our blog article this week, you may be questioning yourself, why more talk of the eclipse!?… It did have more then it’s fair share of media coverage over the past week! Well, because an important part of eclipse watching, was taking precautions to prevent eye damage. For the rest of millions of people (basically, the rest of North America), we got to experience a partial eclipse.
Because of the path the total eclipse travelled, millions of people were able to experience totality. This eclipse was a huge event! It was the first total eclipse to cross the United States, coast-to-coast in 99 years. Unless you had gone off the grid on Monday, you would have heard of, or witnessed the solar eclipse.
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