00:00Tobacco, as we all know, causes multiple health-related issues, affecting your cardiac health, to
00:05your lung health, to your neurological health, to causing multiple cancers.
00:10One thing which has never been discussed in a larger frame is the effect of tobacco on
00:15your eye health.
00:17Tobacco, as we all know, contains nicotine, and nicotine has a tendency of causing vascular
00:22compromise, or you can say it compromises the blood flow in small blood vessels.
00:28The eye has multiple structures through which our vision is maintained, and finally the
00:33vision is transferred to the brain, and one of the most important structures are the retinal
00:37and optic nerve.
00:38The effect of tobacco on these structures causes multiple irreversible causes of blindness, starting
00:43from glaucoma to optic uritis, to developing stroke in your eyes, to developing bleeding
00:49in your eyes, to causing retinal edema or swelling.
00:53Apart from that, one more thing which tobacco causes is macular degeneration, which in our
00:59language we call as isolated macular degeneration.
01:02All these are irreversible causes of blindness.
01:05It takes a toll on your financial health, as well as your visual health, as well as your
01:09professional health.
01:11Tobacco has certain problems which affects your day-to-day activities.
01:16We get a lot of young patients with gritty eyes, dry eyes, red eyes, and causing a lot
01:25of discomfort in their routine professional activities.
01:29These days, we are seeing in our clinical a lot of young patients with cataracts, and one
01:34of the main reasons for developing cataracts in these patients is the effect of smoking,
01:39as nicotine causes oxidative denaturation of the cells in the lens, causing the early
01:45opacification of the lens, finally developing to cataract.
01:48And once cataract develops, you have to undergo surgery.
01:52So you should quit smoking, say no to smoking for your health and your family health.
01:57So you should be following me.
01:58Well, take care of yourself.
01:58Bye-bye.
01:59Bye-bye.
01:59Bye-bye.
01:59Bye-bye.
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