Glaucoma patients: Beware of Yoga...
In yoga there is an aasana ‘sheershaasan’ (head stand). It is believed that doing this yoga exercise at 50+ age, might affect adversely on your eye pressure (intraocular pressure).
If the intraocular pressure shoots-up beyond permissible limits you might get Glaucoma that can lead to blindness. Because high eye-pressure will damage the optic nerve and will end up in a blind eye.
People at the age of 50 and above are advised to be careful about their eyes and get their eye-test done on regular basis.
Please browse the following sites to know more about Glaucoma:
http://www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/Glaucoma.asp
http://www.djo.harvard.edu/site.php?url=/patients/pi/415
-Harish Jharia
In yoga there is an aasana ‘sheershaasan’ (head stand). It is believed that doing this yoga exercise at 50+ age, might affect adversely on your eye pressure (intraocular pressure).
If the intraocular pressure shoots-up beyond permissible limits you might get Glaucoma that can lead to blindness. Because high eye-pressure will damage the optic nerve and will end up in a blind eye.
People at the age of 50 and above are advised to be careful about their eyes and get their eye-test done on regular basis.
Please browse the following sites to know more about Glaucoma:
http://www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/Glaucoma.asp
http://www.djo.harvard.edu/site.php?url=/patients/pi/415
-Harish Jharia
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