Don't Stare into a Laser Pointer Beam. You Could Burn a Hole in Your Eye.

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A 9-year-old boy in Greece burned a hole in his retina (which appears in the center of the images above) after staring into a laser pointer.
Credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2018

▼ Laser pointers may jazz up your PowerPoint presentation, but they can pose serious hazards to your eyes if you use them the wrong way. Case in point: A boy in Greece burned a hole in his retina after repeatedly staring into a laser-pointer beam, according to a new report.
The 9-year-old boy's parents brought him to the eye doctor because he was having vision problems in his left eye, according to the  report, published yesterday (June 20) in The New England Journal of Medicine.
An eye exam revealed a large hole in the boy's macula, a part of the eye's retinathat's responsible for central vision, or the ability to see things straight in front of you, according to the National Eye Institute.
The boy "reported playing with a green laser pointer and repeatedly gazing into the laser beam," the report said.
Health officials have warned for years about the possible dangers of laser pointersfor people's eyes. The energy from a laser pointer aimed into the eye "can be more damaging than staring directly into the sun," according to the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration (FDA).
The FDA restricts the sale of laser pointers to a maximum power of 5 milliwatts. However,  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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bsk

oh!

parivijesh100

Yes, it is true as even during eye treatment with laser,  doctors make you careful & them self become careful while directing the beam to your pupil for treatment,  Permanent scrs are always visible,  

wangwilly

It's like in the scene of "Final Destination" movie!

sks

Very informative. I will be alert next time. Especially children have the tendency to do things like this thinking it is 'cool'. We should be alert about that.

aho105

The information is very useful, thanks.