How many believe that snow-burn is linked to people with light sensitive eyes?

How many believe that snow-burn is linked to people with light sensitive eyes? If so why do you feel that way; and if not why do you feel that way?

How many believe that snow-burn is linked to people with light sensitive eyes?
Photophobia is a symptom of excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to sunlight or well-lit places. In medical terms it is not fear, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure.





Light sensitivity is usually due to too much light entering the eye, which causes over stimulation of the photoreceptors in the retina and subsequent excessive electric impulses to the optic nerve. This leads to a reflex aversion to light, and discomfort or pain. Too much light can enter the eye if it is damaged, such as with corneal abrasion and retinal damage, or if a pupil(s) is unable to normally constrict (seen with damage to the oculomotor nerve).





Patients with photophobia will avert their eyes from direct light (sunlight and room lights), or may seek the shelter of a dark room or wear sunglasses.





Photophobia is also a behavior demonstrated by insects or other animals which seek to stay out of the light.





Contents [hide]


1 Causes


2 In mythology


3 In fiction


4 See also


5 References


6 External links











[edit] Causes


Patients may develop photophobia as a result of several different medical conditions, related to the eye or the nervous system.





Meningitis


Eye disease, injury, or infection such as chalazion, episcleritis, glaucoma, keratoconus


Subarachnoid haemorrhage


Albinism


Burns to the eye


Migraines


Encephalitis


Conjunctivitis


Aphakia


Iritis


Corneal abrasion


Corneal ulcer


Cataracts


Retinal detachment


Chiari malformation


Cystinosis


Anticholinergic drugs may cause photophobia by paralyzing the iris sphincter muscle.


Hangover


Chikungunya





[edit] In mythology


In folklore and mythology, many creatures suffer from photophobia - or heliophobia, a specific fear of sunlight.





The Norse troll is said to either turn to stone or become trapped above ground when the sun rises.


According to Paracelsus, gnomes explode when they go above ground[citation needed]. As C.S. Lewis puts it, "if he thrust out his face…[it] would break into splinters, bursting as a man would burst in interstellar space." - though in fact, humans exposed to the vacuum of space experience no such spectacular effect.


In English folklore, goblins are said to be unable to bear light.


In the story of Hercules, his twelfth labour was to capture Cerberus. In one version of this story he had only to lead Ceberus to daylight.


In Lithuanian and some other Eastern European folklore, devil is said to go back to hell whenever the sun rises.





[edit] In fiction


In J.R.R. Tolkien's works, goblins are said to get wobbly legs and become giddy in the head when outside, while trolls turn to stone.


In Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the zombies from the movie Zombies in the Snow are forced to retreat during daylit hours.


In the films Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, both the Mogwai and Gremlins are incredibly sensitive to bright light; direct sunlight on their skin will kill them in a matter of seconds.


It is common tradition in literature that vampires burn and/or explode when exposed to light, which was first introduced in the 1922 German film Nosferatu. Contrary to popular thought, Bram Stoker's Dracula did not originate this convention.


In the films 'Blade', 'Blade 2' and 'Blade 3', Wesley Snipes plays a half vampire half human, known as 'The Daywalker', i.e. a vampire that can walk in the light without fear of burning/exploding.


In the animated TV series Gargoyles, the title creatures are purely nocturnal, and turn to stone during daylight hours.


A character from the anime Ouran High School Host Club, Umehito Nekozawa, avoids light, and wears a hood all the time to protect himself from it. When exposed to light for a short time, he collapses, but he eventually gets over it. Ironically his little sister, Kirimi, is afraid of darkness.


prot (lower-case is proper) from the planet K-PAX (upper case is proper), wears dark glasses while on our planet because he can see ultraviolet light and would be blind without them.


In the films Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, the antihero protagonist, Richard B. Riddick is photophobic as a result of medical alterations to his eyes which give him superhuman night vision, but forces him to wear welding goggles in the light.





[edit] See also


Heliophobia, fear of sunlight


Photosensitivity, the amount to which an object reacts upon receiving photons of light


Erythropoietic protoporphyria, a disease manifesting itself with painful photosensitivity


Photic sneeze reflex, a medical condition by which people exposed to bright light sneeze^





[edit] References


Lewis, C.S. Poems: C.S. Lewis. U.S.: Harvest/HBJ, 1964. ISBN 0-15-672248-8.








[edit] External links


Photophobia (Light Sensitivity) at allaboutvision.com
Reply:Dear Myfaeia,


I have never heard of any research being dun on the link between photo phobia and snow blindness. I'm not even certain it necessary as it can and dose affect anyone, obviously a person suffering photo phobia would be more susceptible.


Hugs,


PennyAnn
Reply:It could be that
Reply:it sounds logical to me all though it could happen to anyone wirh the whiteness of the snow and the brightness of the sun.
Reply:it would affect people with light sensitive eye,s worse but it can affect anyone.s eye,s
Reply:no idea