Beware mobile gamers: This girl lost her eyesight after obsessively playing on her smartphone for few days!

A 21-year old woman, who goes by the pseudonym Wu Xiaojing, is now partially blind, after spending an entire day playing a game called ‘King glory’, China’s most popular smartphone game which has over 200 million users.

She was playing the game on her device for several hours when she suddenly lost her sight in her right eye. According to Mashable, Wu works in finance and was taken to several hospitals and was diagnosed with Retinal Artery Occlusion (RAO) in her right eye.

Retinal artery occlusion is basically, a blockage in one of the small arteries that carry blood to the retina. The retina is a layer of tissue in the back of the eye that is able to sense light. Doctors said that this type of eye disease in the elderly suffering from systemic diseases, young people are rare.

Wu reportedly admitted to regularly playing the game for up to eight hours without eating, drinking or going to the toilet. She stated that the days she didn’t go to work, she would usually wake up at 6AM, have breakfast, and play the game until 4PM. Wu said that she had spent the whole of October 1 playing the …read more