Solar retinopathy after the 1999 solar eclipse in East Sussex

Solar Retinopathy Following Methamphetamine Abuse

Purpose: To report a case of solar retinopathy following methamphetamine (MA) abuse. Case report: A 37-years-old man was visited with sudden painless loss of vision in both eyes. He was addicted to methamphetamine for three years. He used MA at the day of admission. Excessive sun gazing (4 hours) took place due to using hallucinations secondary to the MA. Visual acuity was 15/400 Snellen chart ...

Central Serous Chorioretinopathy after Solar Eclipse Viewing

PURPOSE To report a case of central serous chorioretinopathy after solar eclipse viewing. CASE REPORT A middle-age man developed a sudden-onset unilateral scotoma after viewing a partial solar eclipse in Hong Kong. Fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography showed features compatible with central serous chorioretinopathy. The patient was managed conservative...

Visual prognosis after solar retinopathy.

The possibility of visual damage after direct observation of the sun has been known since ancient times and the clinical features of solar retinopathy have been well described (DukeElder, I954). Eclipse watching is the commonest cause of solar retinopathy, but this form of eye injury has also been described in flying personnel, gunners and air observers (Flynn, 1952), as a result of religious r...

Solar radiation during a total solar eclipse

Solar eclipse safety.