Michael,

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:15:04 +0100, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:

>...<

> I've had arc eye from welding and you certainly know about it.  I would say
> "irritated and sandy feeling" is an huge understatement, it felt like
> someone was grit blasting the back of my eyeballs and I had to go to the
> local eye hospital to get my eyes anesthetised in the middle of the night.

It's basically sunburn of the retina, so it can vary in severity, obviously.  I had a low-level, slow
exposure, and as soon as I felt the problem developing I left the room and didn't go back in - I recognised it
for what it was, others may not have realised.  I understand that the levels of UV from an arc-welder can be
high enough that a single "flash" can cause the problem.  I've never heard of it being as bad as you describe
- I'm just glad it wasn't me!

> Needless to say I am somewhat more carefull when welding these days.

Indeed!  I hope it had no long-term effects.  I've never been any good at it anyway - a friend describes my
attempts as "Teflon welding"  :-)

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England

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