[Avodah] eye pains on shabbat

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From: Eli Turkel _eliturkel at gmail.com_ (mailto:eliturkel at gmail.com) 



In a recent daily halacha from ROY they discuss eye pains on  shabbat.
The gemara considers it choleh she-yesh bo sakanah because the eyes  are 
connected to the
heart. The question is that modern doctors don't  know of any connections 
between the eye and the heart.

-- 
Eli  Turkel







>>>>>
 
see:
 
"Eye Disease Caused By High Blood Pressure"
 
_http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/eye-disease-hig
h-blood-pressure_ 
(http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/eye-disease-high-blood-pressure) 
 
or
 
_http://tinyurl.com/6kgexjm_ (http://tinyurl.com/6kgexjm) 
 
--begin quote--
 
In addition to causing heart and kidney problems, untreated high blood  
pressure can also affect your eyesight and cause eye  disease. Hypertension can 
cause damage to the blood vessels in the retina, the  area at the back of 
the eye where images focus. This eye disease is known as  hypertensive 
retinopathy. The damage can be serious if hypertension is not  treated. 
. 
--end quote-- 
also see:
 
"Are common eye problems linked to heart disease?" 
 
 
_http://www.sharecare.com/question/eye-problems-linked-heart-disease_ 
(http://www.sharecare.com/question/eye-problems-linked-heart-disease) 
 
or
 
_http://tinyurl.com/3e4xu2c_ (http://tinyurl.com/3e4xu2c) 
--begin quote-- 
Some recent studies show that common eye problems are linked to heart  
disease. An international group of researchers found that diabetic retinopathy,  
a leading cause of blindness in the U.S., is also a warning sign of heart  
failure. 
. 
The study tracked more than 1,000 middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes 
 over nine years. They found that those who had retinopathy at the onset of 
the  study had more than double the risk of developing heart failure than 
those  without retinopathy. 
. 
Other studies have found similar connections: Retinopathy can signal heart  
disease in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Those with age-related  
macular degeneration (AMD) have double the risk of death from heart attack 
or  stroke. Even glaucoma patients face an increased risk of cardiovascular  
death. 
. 
--end quote--
 

--Toby Katz
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