Ocular protection in congenital erythropoietic porphyria: A potential role for gaming glasses.

Reassuringly, our results have demonstrated that most gaming glasses assessed did provide adequate UV protection; however, the protection provided by one pair proved inadequate to both UV and blue light despite advertising to the contrary. Photodermatologists and ophthalmologists managing patients with CEP should be aware that gaming glasses are available for purchase and may be considered acceptable for use by patients with CEP throughout the day. Although designed to provide blue light protection for healthy persons exposed to light from computer screens, some of these glasses have the potential to offer patients with CEP an effective, safe, and socially acceptable method of reducing acute and chronic ocular damage. [Extracted from the article]