European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Too much sunlight can damage eyes by Gayle Young United press International most people know the Sun s rays can cause skin cancer Over Lime but health experts say Many Are unaware of the Sun n Long Bdrm Olf ocl on the eyes people who Are in the Sun a lot accumulate a lol of of Mac said or Donald pills a professor of Opl Meiry Al the University of Houston College of optometry and recognized expert on the of Eccl of radiation on the eyes there Are a number of vision problems linked to ultraviolet radiation from the he said they Are mostly repeated exposure to sunlight can damage the Cornea the Lens and perhaps the Retina of the Eye Over the years doctors said the damage can be Swift in ,1 person looks at direct sunlight Lor instance during a solar eclipse for several minutes but some health officials worry that Many people unknowingly accumulate smaller amounts of damage Over thy years by working and playing in the Sun without protecting their eyes. Exactly How much damage is hard to assess or Robert n Klein Stem professor of onto metrics Al the University of Alabama at Birmingham said there is Halle eve Cloncs to show Sun rela Lod Eye problems Are increasing at the same rapid clip As skin cancer which has in Ltd in incidence since the 1950s. But Laboratory studies on animals have indicated prolonged exposure to us iraqi lot radiation can cause cataracts and weaken the Cornea of the Eye. There is some evidence that ultraviolet radiation can damage the Retina 563 photo by Lynda w. Sparks repeated exposure to sunlight can damage Cornea Lens and perhaps the Retina of the Eye Over the years. Which contains the nerve cells hat process Light. Some doctors believe exposure to Sunti Ghl Over time can cause i he Center of the Retina to deteriorate creating a Black Hole in the Center of a person s vision p is Oaid thai while the exact Exlene of the Al tells of ultraviolet radiation on the eyes is no known in is Clear Many people should protect their eyes while in the Sun. This is a cumulative process he said ii you can pro led your eyes Ihen you should do so since Nasa first put ultraviolet Prol Clion in the he Mol visors of Alro rials on their Way to Tho Moon a variety of products designed to pro decl the eyes from Ultra Violet rays has entered the Market including head visors and sunglasses. The newest product May be soft Contact lenses thai Are said to absorb ultraviolet rays before they reach the eyes such Prol Clion already exists in hard Contact lenses and the food and drug administration is expected to Rule soon on whether Lom ice the soft lenses available in the United Stales chronic sleep disorders widespread by Rob Stein United press International Erald Nolan used t0 routinely fall asleep while on guard duty in the army Reserve a woman who lives in another Boston suburb gets anxious Many Days wondering whether she ii by us 13 Lof p Al in Ruht although one person has trouble staying awake and Iho other often can i sleep Bolh suffer irom Alt actions experts estimate Alec As man1, As 20 percent of the Adum population chronic sleep disorders. It s an extraordinary number of people said or. Daniel Knoke a sleep researcher Al the University of California in san Diego As Many As half of All adults probably has periodic trouble sleeping sleep can be disrupted by a variety of things but the most common Are stress erratic schedules drugs such As Lafleme Mcholme and alcohol and breathing abnormalities everyone s sleep needs vary but most people require Between seen and nine hours each Day several nights of inadequate sleep will cause sleepiness during the Day 01 it night i Ilia s when you work Abdul one third of the american work Force or 30 million people is on relating shift schedules that often change every week. Changing work schedules can throw the sleep Cycle out of sync Wilh the body s biological clock which controls Tho sleep Wake Cycle. Surveys have Lound that 55 percent of the workforce admits to falling asleep on the Job at some Lime or diaries Czeisler of the Bingham and women s Hospital in Boston has shown Hal rotating shifts clockwise instead of counterclockwise and changing shills less frequently make in Cosini to adjust certain types of big he Light can also mimic sunlight and reset the biologic in clock Accord i to cite ser this May be Able to help the estimated go million monitoring a patient at sleep disorders Center of scrupps clinic and research foundation in la Jolla Calif. Page 16 the stars and stripes people who relm Jet lag each year and May someday de used in factories to help shift workers adjust to their new schedules he said a condition known As sleep Apnoea is often filed by sleep experts As a leading cause of poor sleep up to 10 percent of adults and perhaps 65 percent of the elderly May suffer from Sloop Apnoea. Victims breathing passageways become blocked choking Olf air and forcing the patient to awaken momentarily Locc a their Bie thing passage sufi ions often do not Realie icy Are waking u0 perhaps tuesday May 12,1987 hundreds of limes each night but they experience sometimes debilitating sleepiness during the Day in addition to daytime sleep Apnoea snoring is another common symptom although All snorers do not have sleep Apnoea nearly All sleep Apnoea a aliens snore and often very loudly. The condition is caused by a narrow Throat. The most common victims Are obese men. Premenopausal women appear to be protected air inst Ime condition somehow. Of Sci land alcohol consumption appear to aggravate the disease
