Paintball, a popular team game with special paint guns that need to be fired upon by the enemy, is dangerous to your eyes with serious injuries, especially without proper protective equipment.

Doctors at the University of Miami (USA) warn that paintball can cause great damage to vital ocular structures, and injuries often require extensive surgical intervention. In addition, because of negligence and inattention in the game, the view can be lost forever. Such conclusions were made after a seven-year statistical analysis of paintball traumatism. "Victims" of the game mostly became young men.

It was found that eye injuries caused by paintball were often quite serious, including an eyeball rupture of 28% and retinal detachment in 19%. 81% of the victims were needed for surgery, while 22% were at risk of enucleation - possible removal of the eye. Even when eyes were saved, many patients continued to experience visual problems, oculists. In general, normal vision was restored in only 36% of patients. Ophthalmologists say that in most cases people were themselves to blame for eye damage, since they did not wear protective masks, which are mandatory when playing paintball health. Sumy. Ua.

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