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<p>Electromagnetic radiation (ER) emitted by mobile phones and other modern devices has potentially harmful effects on ocular tissue. Their effects on the eye surface and tear film are little known so far. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of ER emitted by the phone mobile on the tear film. For this study, we selected a total of 50 subjects, young, healthy, without chronic treatment, who are not contact lens wearers and who have no history of ophthalmic surgery. Schirmer I test, tear pH and tear ferning test (TFT) were performed on all subjects before (“-pre”) being exposed to ER emitted by the mobile phone and after (“-post”) exposure for 5 minutes, the pH and TFT of the tears were performed. Following the analysis of the obtained results, we found that there are significant changes in tear quality and increased tear pH, which over time can lead to tear film instability, damage to the eye surface and the appearance of dry eye syndrome.</p>
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Electromagnetic radiation (ER) emitted by mobile phones and other modern devices has potentially harmful effects on ocular tissue. Their effects on the eye surface and tear film are little known so far. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of ER emitted by the phone mobile on the tear film. For this study, we selected a total of 50 subjects, young, healthy, without chronic treatment, who are not contact lens wearers and who have no history of ophthalmic surgery. Schirmer I test, tear pH and tear ferning test (TFT) were performed on all subjects before (“-pre”) being exposed to ER emitted by the mobile phone and after (“-post”) exposure for 5 minutes, the pH and TFT of the tears were performed. Following the analysis of the obtained results, we found that there are significant changes in tear quality and increased tear pH, which over time can lead to tear film instability, damage to the eye surface and the appearance of dry eye syndrome.

The effects of microwave radiation generated by mobile phones on the tear film

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Electromagnetic radiation (ER) emitted by mobile phones and other modern devices has potentially harmful effects on ocular tissue. Their effects on the eye...

The effects of microwave radiation generated by mobile phones on the tear film

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 277 - 286

Received: Mar 10, 2021

Accepted: Jun 04, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2021-0019

Keywords
electromagnetic radiation, ocular surface, dry eye disease, tear filmt

© 2021 Aurora Gajta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The effects of microwave radiation generated by mobile phones on the tear film

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 277 - 286

Received: Mar 10, 2021

Accepted: Jun 04, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2021-0019

Keywordselectromagnetic radiation, ocular surface, dry eye disease, tear filmt

© 2021 Aurora Gajta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
electromagnetic radiation, ocular surface, dry eye disease, tear filmt