Playing Bagpipes Increases Risk of Blindness

[braindrain]

Is it the case with Nadaswaram too ?

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/224534-bagp ... blindness/

[Nick H]

Musicians who have to blow hard to play their instruments – such as brass, woodwind or pipes – have a higher risk of developing glaucoma.

I would think that it must do.

But how serious is this, really? People have been playing these instruments for centuries!

On the other hand, they say that everyone should get their eyes checked from time to time, and the many people who are lucky enough not to need spectacles probably never do.