Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Study Sees a Risk to Energetic Sex
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Vigorous sex can cause tiny blood vessels to break or delicate tissues at the back of the eyeball to tear, suddenly causing blurry vision, researchers say. The researchers saw half a dozen patients with the problem and reported the findings in the American Medical Assn.’s Archives of Ophthalmology in Chicago. “Maybe this gives us a physical explanation as to why there were some old wives’ tales that certain sexual activities could result in blindness,” said a co-author of the study, Dr. Neil M. Bressler of Johns Hopkins University. “If that is true, it’s temporary, and the prognosis is excellent.”
