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The consultant ophthalmologist, cornea, vision correction, iris and cataract consultant, Dr. Musa Al-Harbi revealed to "Okaz" that fasting brings about some physiological changes that may have positive or negative effects on eye health.
He explained that in the case of fasting, the sugar level returns to normal, and this is good for diabetics, as the retina is preserved from exacerbation of retinopathy, and it is important to control the cumulative sugar rate during the year and not only in Ramadan.
He pointed out that the people''s excessive eating at breakfast and at night eating sweets leads to high blood sugar, which negatively affects the retina and lens of the eye in diabetics, and it is normal for a temporary blurred vision in diabetics during breakfast due to the entry of large amounts of sugar into the blood and temporary water imbalance. In the lens.
Dr. Moussa Al-Harbi explained that dry eyes during fasting occur due to a lack of fluids in the body with fasting, especially for those who work outside the home, as there may be dryness in the body, including the eye, so it is recommended to use moisturizing eye s periodically, especially in hot climates, and it is known, according to the fatwas, that moisturizing s and all s and ointments occur. The other eye does not break the fast.
The ophthalmology consultant confirmed that there are major eye operations that the fasting person has the right to break his fast with, and minor operations with which the patient does not break his fast. Among the major operations are white water, corneal transplantation, and blue water and retinal operations, so the patient breaks his fast because he needs nutrients, and there are minor eye operations that do not break the fast with the patient, such as correcting eyes, whether LASIK or laser Superficial, ring transplantation, corneal fixation with phototherapy, light lipocyst operations and some other operations that do not require intravenous nutrients.
