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August/ September 2000 - Volume 3
- Issue 6
- Don’t
Play Games With Your Eyes!
Each year hospital emergency rooms treat an estimated 33,000
sports-related eye injuries. Many experts
believe that this number is only part of the total sports eye injury problem. Doctors treat some of these injuries in the
office, while other injuries require hospital treatment.
The actual number of sports –related eye injuries may be two or more times
greater than the reported estimates!
The eye risk
associated with sports depends on the type of sport, the person’s physical
development, athletic skill, visual limitations or pre-existing conditions. However, these sports account for more than
two-thirds of sports-related eye injuries:
v Baseball |
v Boxing |
v Swimming |
v Basketball |
v Football |
v Soccer |
v Volleyball |
v Hockey |
v Racquet sports |
For all age groups, sports-related eye injuries occur most
frequently in basketball, baseball, swimming, football and racquet sports. However:
- v Among five- to 14-year-olds, basketball injuries are most
frequent, with baseball a close second;
- v And basketball is the leading cause of injury for 15- to
64-year-olds.
Doctors
classify most eye injuries as mild to moderate. Still, far too many eye injuries are
serious, resulting in permanent vision loss. Any
traumatic eye injury may also increase the risk of other eye problems such as glaucoma and
cataracts. The saddest fact of all is that
almost all sports-related eye injuries are preventable.
Whatever your game, whatever your age, you need to protect your eyes!
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August/September 2000 Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 6
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