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macular degeneration suspected
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macular degeneration suspected
by Codger, Aug 06, 2006 12:00AM
My wife is seeing a specialist. He's not sure whether she has macular degeneration in one eye. He's monitoring. She likes to sit in front of a large bay window (6x6) and look outside for hours. She sits about 10' away. It's very bright outside as this is Arizona. Should she be wearing a pair of sunglasses?
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Aug 06, 2006 12:00AM
nah, i personally dont think so most (all?) newer windows are 100% UV protectant with coatings, etc. even OLD windows with no treatments provide like 97% of uv blocking just as an inherent property of the glass.
I realize it will take decades to accumulate epidemiological evidence whether blocking blue light actually helps; but it seems convincing that exposure to blue, as well as UV, light does cause damage accumulating over time.
Google Scholar will find some of it. One example
http://www.retinajournal.com/pt/re/retina/abstract.00006982-200601000-00001.htm;jsessionid=Gc4FTGLChwvxMNkdHhyBjLLcF3dL3p47vz5t95524ZjNhPhryWnF!1802132776!-949856144!8091!-1