Obesity causes blindness and many risks, beware of it

A recent medical study conducted in Britain found that obesity may lead to serious problems in the brain, problems that may end in the owner suffering from chronic headaches or poor eye strength, and sometimes complete vision loss.

According to the study conducted by British scientists from Swansea University and the results of which were published by the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, excess weight may be linked to a brain disorder or increase the odds of infection, and this may in turn lead to other health problems such as chronic headaches and vision loss. .

Welsh researchers analyzed 1765 cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a condition with tumor-like symptoms that occurs when pressure in the fluid surrounding the brain rises. Complete loss of vision.

The researchers concluded that there is a link between obesity and the incidence of this brain disease.

Common treatment for this condition includes a weight loss program, and women of childbearing age are considered to be most vulnerable to the condition, according to the researchers.

The scientific team said that diagnoses of IIH increased sixfold between 2003-2017, as the number of people living with the disorder increased from 12 people out of every 100 people to 76 people.

The new study, which looked at 35 million patients in Wales, Britain, over a 15-year period, identified 1765 cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, 85 percent of whom were women, the researchers said.

The team found strong links between higher body mass indexes, or "body mass index," and risk of developing the disorder.

Among the women identified in the study, 180 had a high BMI compared to only 13 where the women had an "ideal" BMI.

For men, there were 21 cases of those with a high BMI compared to eight cases of those with an ideal BMI.

"The significant increase in idiopathic intracranial hypertension that we found may be due to many factors but is likely due to higher rates of obesity," said paper author and neurologist Owen Pickrell of Swansea University.

"What is most surprising about our research is that women who experience poverty or other socioeconomic barriers may also have an increased risk regardless of obesity," he added.

The study authors say more research is needed to determine which socioeconomic factors such as diet, pollution, smoking or stress may play a role in increasing a woman's risk of developing the disorder.