Drunk Eyes A Humorous Poster by Media MICE
Methodology
Other impacts on the eye involved:
Researchers from the Research Institute of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, recently studied "Alcohol and the Eye," and published a study of the same name.*
• Acute methyl alcohol intoxication (found in industrial agents) causing optic neuropathy • Fetal alcohol syndrome leading to many ocular findings including short palpebral fissures, epicanthus, ocular hypertelorism, coloboma, etc. • Chronic alcoholism linked with AMD • Possible link to RVO • CSCR risk • Visual defects in adolescence • Increased risk of age-related cataract
In the research review on PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and other databases, the following search terms were used: “alcohol consumption”, “ethanol”, “ethyl alcohol”, “alcohol and the eye”, “alcohol and cataract”, “alcohol and glaucoma”, “alcohol and diabetic retinopathy”, “alcohol and retinal disease”, “alcohol and dry eye”, and “alcohol and age-related macular degeneration”. No searches turned up for the following terms: "eye swallow" "thirsty eyes" "eye'm drunk" and "eyerish coffee."
Evidence was mixed on alcohol's impact on glaucoma and ocular surface disease. Mixed drinks also were likely needed to develop a stronger hypothesis in these regards.
Results
Conclusion
"Visual disturbance secondary to alcohol intoxication may manifest by impaired color perception, decreased contrast sensitivity, or abnormal eye movements," according to the study authors. "Impairment of cognitive processing in CNS may cause subclinical alterations in the eye movements. These alterations may include a high latency for fixation, increased duration of fixations, and increased frequency of saccades."
Lazy eye (amblyopia) continues to be a significant medical condition worldwide.
based loosely on the full text of J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2021; 16(2): 260–270.*
Introduction When eyes drink – even if they don't drive – many risks are still involved. First of all, the mere fact that a mouth would need to form in an eye to consume any beverage, is a concern. Ophthalmology has advanced to the point that sub-2.2 mm incisions are common, and yet, the length of an entire "mouth eye" would be centimeters in length, causing such an opening to immediately cause negative visual effects including astigmatism. Then there is the alcohol itself.
Alcohol's impact on eyes also carry severe risks. No comment was made on the visual acuity of eyes both drunk and lazy.
Drunk eyes also had the tendency to linger over curves of the opposite sex. * Karimi S. Arabi A, Shahraki T. Alcohol and the Eye. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2021; 16(2): 260–270.
[Warning: Don’t take this poster seriously!]