Risk of Blindness from Egg Attack
Throwing a raw egg at someone may be considered a prank or a harmless political protest but in fact it carries a high risk of causing blindness.
A study published yesterday said. Doctors at the Royal Liverpool University hospital in Britain sifted through the records of 18,651 patients who had received eye treatment over a 14-month period. Thirteen had been victims of an egg attack, eight of whom had a detached retina.
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