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Offline Chris_

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Astronaut feels space's toll on his body
« on: February 19, 2012, 03:26:27 PM »
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In the past few years, about half of the astronauts aboard the international space station have developed an increasing pressure inside their heads, an intracranial pressure that reshapes their optic nerve, causing a significant shift in the eyesight of male astronauts. Doctors call it papilledema.

Female space travelers have not been affected.

Some of the astronauts slowly recover. Others have not.

Mike Barratt used to be nearsighted. But now, the space veteran says he’s eagle-eyed at long distance but needs glasses for reading. There is no treatment and no answers as to why female space flyers are not affected.
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Re: Astronaut feels space's toll on his body
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2012, 05:15:13 PM »
This is documented ?
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