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Living in tropical areas like Indonesia should have a habit to always wear sunglasses when the sun was blazing. Sunglasses powerful enough to protect the eyes from ultraviolet radiation. These rays can be very damaging, even if on the subject in a short time.

Quoted from HealthDay, Tuesday (08/24/2010), the risk of short-term damage that could be prevented with sunglasses include burning eyes (photokeratitis). This damage is characterized by inflammation of the cornea, which if left unchecked can cause cell death in that section.

Such inflammation can also occur on the conjunctiva, the white part of the eye. Although extremely painful, inflammation in both parts of it can still be easy to heal.

While for the long term, damage from ultraviolet rays can accumulate and cause more serious disorders. Among these are as follows:

Pterygium
Is an abnormal growth on the conjunctiva or the white part of the eye, which can be caused by too much sunlight. This abnormal growth will damage the cornea, thus disturbing visions.

There is no other way to solve this problem except with surgery. IBHS still leaves a chance of recurrence, because that is damaged conjunctival basically difficult to regenerate.

Cataract
In patients with cataracts, color lenses that turned into a turbid translucent so that light entering the block. Ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun are thought one of the main causes of this disorder.

Setbacks function of the macula (macular degeneration)
Ultraviolet rays can also damage the retina, which is a thin layer on the back of the eye that serves to catch the light. The damage also affects the macula functions, namely the center of the retina as well as central vision.

Cancer
Surface of the eye could esophageal melanoma, a type of cancer caused by ultraviolet rays that require surgery to fix them. Whereas in the eyelids, is also at risk of sunlight causes basal cell carcinoma.

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