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Can Smoking Marijuana Affect The Eyes?
I have 'vitreous junk" (says my doctor) floating around in my eye. I was also born with ROP (retina of prematurity?) Recently my retina specialists found a slight retinal hemorage and slight bleeding in my one good eye. My specialists are going to continue to wait to see what happens before they perform surgery. My question is: Will marijuana smoking affect my eyes more if I continually smoke? Should I stop and see improvements?
Fri, 22 Aug 2014
Hi,
Marijuana is well-known to cause stenosis of blood vessels. In fact, heavy use can result in stroke. Since you have already had retinal haemorrhage, I think you should be very careful and not do anything which may aggravate the problem. So, it will be better to stop marijuana.
Best wishes.
Marijuana is well-known to cause stenosis of blood vessels. In fact, heavy use can result in stroke. Since you have already had retinal haemorrhage, I think you should be very careful and not do anything which may aggravate the problem. So, it will be better to stop marijuana.
Best wishes.
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