Researchers report tattoo pigments linked to rare eye disease
Thekabarnews.com—More and more medical studies are showing that tattoos may cause rare but serious immune system reactions. These reactions can hurt your eyesight. Many doctors in Australia have seen...
Thekabarnews.com—More and more medical studies are showing that tattoos may cause rare but serious immune system reactions. These reactions can hurt your eyesight. Many doctors in Australia have seen cases where tattoo pigments seem to cause uveitis, an eye disease that causes inflammation. It can make you blind for good if you do not get treatment.
Doctors have documented at least 40 cases of tattoo-related uveitis. In this case, the immune system attacks the eye by mistake. This happens because it thinks tattoo pigments are unfit for it. Researchers say that the data point to a strange but serious health risk. This risk grows as tattoos become more and more popular around the world.
Uveitis is when the uvea, which is the main layer of the eye that sends blood to important parts of it, becomes inflamed. People with this syndrome often have red, painful eyes and blurry vision. Additionally, they are sensitive to light. Without proper treatment, the illness can cause permanent complications. These problems include glaucoma and blindness.
Doctors said that symptoms often did not show up until one to two years after getting a tattoo. However, doctors reported one unusual case in which inflammation appeared more than 30 years after the person received the tattoo. This suggests that immune responses to tattoo pigments may persist for decades.
Immunosuppressive drugs were necessary for most affected individuals for an extended period to prevent the inflammation from worsening. While they were getting treatment, only a few people could see normally. Some patients experienced persistent flare-ups when doctors attempted to reduce their medication.
Researchers found that black tattoo ink appeared most frequently in the cases they studied. But some examples also used red and pink pigments. Tattoo inks come from all over the world and have very different chemical makeups. Because of this, it is impossible for scientists to find the exact chemical triggers.
Doctors say that uveitis caused by tattoos is still very rare. But if you have eye problems that do not make sense after getting tattoos, you should see a doctor. You have a much better chance of saving your vision if you get treatment right away.
Researchers have also found that people who drink beverages with cannabis in them drink less alcohol. The University at Buffalo asked 438 adults how much they drank. They discovered that people who started drinking cannabis drinks drank less alcohol each week. For example, their habits went from about seven drinks to just over three.
Researchers said that people should not automatically think that cannabis drinks are safer than alcohol. More research is necessary to determine the long-term health effects.
Experts say that these two discoveries show that lifestyle choices, like getting tattoos or using drugs for fun, can have health effects that are not always obvious. As a result, these effects need to be looked into more closely and made public.
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