A case has come to light from Wuhan city of China which will make you wonder how dangerous superstition can be in a person’s life. The right eye of a man named Le in central China was twitching continuously for a few days. Now there is an old saying very famous in China that if you blink the left eye then you will get money, if you blink the right eye then you will get troubles. Just because of this fear, he became very worried.
He started feeling that the twitching of his right eye was a bad sign for him. Something big is about to happen. First he rested his eyes and applied them with a warm cloth, but the twitching did not stop. Instead of going to the doctor, he started searching for solutions on Google. He read on the internet that if you pat your eyelids, bad luck will be averted. Many elders in China also believe that if you stick a strip of white paper on the eyelid, the twitching will stop. Le did not do all this. He started slapping her hard around her eyes. Not just for one day, not for two days, he kept doing this for three days.
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The result was that the twitching stopped, but his eyesight began to fade. Visibility from the first side was stopped. He probably thought he was tired. Then gradually the vision in front also started becoming blurry. When his condition became worse he ran to the doctor. During investigation, it was found that his retina had shifted from its place, which is called retinal detachment in medical language.
Doctors immediately performed surgery. Luckily, his eyesight returned after the operation. But think, due to a little carelessness and superstition, he could have become blind forever. Doctors say that our retina is very delicate. Its thickness is less than 0.3 mm, i.e. thinner than paper. If you slap someone hard on the eye, the blow reaches directly to the pupil and retina. Due to this the retina can tear or move from its place. And once the retina gets damaged, vision loss is certain.
Le has not said anything on this whole matter yet. Perhaps he himself would be embarrassed that he had put his eye at stake for a small thing. Doctors say that in most of the cases, twitching of eyelids is not a bad omen. This is just a signal of the body. When we look at mobile or laptop for a long time, do not get enough sleep, or take excessive stress, then the eyes start twitching.
Usually, it gets cured on its own by getting good sleep, reducing screen time and reducing stress. Yes, if the twitching continues for more than a week, or starts happening around the cheeks and lips, then it should not be taken lightly. Then it is necessary to see a neurologist or eye specialist. This has happened before in China also. The left eye of a woman from Hunan province kept fluttering for three years. But she did not go to the doctor because she thought that twitching in the left eye was lucky and money would come. The result was that by June half of his facial muscles started stretching. Doctors told that he had hemifacial spasm.
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