Ultraviolet (UV) rays damage causing pterygium amongst young Australians
Australia’s Newcastle Herald reported that Australia’s beach culture and outdoors lifestyle is causing more young adults to develop aggressive pterygia growth. Pterygia is basically a breakdown of the conjunctiva (outside lining of the eye, in front of the sclera (white part of the eye)) causing a lumping of tissue. If the lumping continues growth onto the cornea it may distort the cornea and create blurred vision. Scientists believe “great amounts of sun exposure in the first 10 years of life can increase the risk of pterygium by up to 40 times.
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