𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀?

A correlation between high temperature and severe vision impairments was found in US people aged 65 and over by researchers at the University of Toronto.

A study, published in the Ophthalmic Epidemiology journal, revealed that elderly people experienced a 14% higher chance of severe impairment at 12 C compared to colder climates, while those living in temperatures of 14C had a 24% higher risk, and those at 16C or above had a 44% higher risk.

Individuals aged 65 to 79 were most at risk, with males having a higher risk than females.

Researchers hypothesised that the association could be due to increased exposure to ultraviolet light, air pollution, infections, and the degradation of folic acid with rising temperatures, however, further studies are needed to understand risk factors more fully.

Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson, lead author and director at the Institute of Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto, expressed deep concern over the link and said that with the anticipated rise in global temperatures due to climate change, monitoring the potential increase in vision impairment among older adults becomes imperative.

𝑻𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑼𝑽 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑼𝑽 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗨𝗩 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.

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