How Smartphone Vision Syndrome caused woman to ‘see floaters, bright flashes of light; and at times, inability to see objects’

That exposure to electronic devices — be it TV, tablet, smartphone, or computer — is harmful to the eyes is an extremely well-known fact. But, in a rare case, usage of such devices caused “severe vision impairment” in a 30-year-old woman from Hyderabad. Talking about the unique case, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM, Neurologist, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, took to Twitter and shared that for nearly 1½ years, the woman had “severe disabling vision symptoms”, which included “seeing floaters, bright flashes of light, dark zig-zag lines and at times, the “inability to see or focus on objects.”