Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and condition of organ of visio
Journal Title: Postępy Nauk Medycznych - Year 2013, Vol 26, Issue 12
Abstract
According to the most recent epidemiological data, nicotine causes a greater number of addiction-related deaths than cocaine, heroin and alcohol combined. Its toxicity also significantly affects the organ of sight.Smoking exerts a severe influence on all structures of the eyeball, impairing physiological processes as well as stimulating pathological processes which result in eye diseases. Studies conducted within fundamental science allow for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of nicotine influence on the organ of sight and its connection to the development and progression of ophthalmic diseases.The authors comment the toxic effect of nicotine on several anatomical structures of the eye and the visual function and discuss the role of smoking and nicotine abuse in the pathogenesis of several ocular diseases
Authors and Affiliations
Ewa Czaplicka, Iwona Grabska-Liberek, Jarosław Kocięcki
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