Reading in dim light

It is still believed by most of the people that reading in dim light ruins your eyesight and can make you blind. Parents use to say to their children that don’t read in the dark or in dim light it will affect your eyesight. Even doctors are not reluctant about it, most of them also say that don’t read in dim or murky light. But it is a myth or I must say a medical myth that everyone believes even doctors that reading in dark light will damage eyesight and can lead to blindness. A study is published in British Medical Journal, that it is a myth which even doctors believe. According to the study it has very little scientific backing that if you read in dark or dim light it will affect your eyesight, the tests only prove that when you read in dark or unsatisfactory light conditions there is a temporary strain on the eyes but it rapidly goes away when you return to bright light. So if you love reading and there is no light or dim light then don’t worry you will not get blind or any bad affect on your eyes. If it was true that bad light conditions affect eyesight than people in earlier times would have been blind, as there were only candles or oil lamps in which they can read and write.