Astronauts Can Suffer Vision Impairment In Space | Video

Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:01 in Health & Medicine

The blood flow in the human body changes in microgravity, fluids shift away from legs and up towards the head. This ncreases cranial pressure and causes optic nerve compression, flattening of the back of the eyeball and optic disc swelling.

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