Are there health risks by wearing a formal shirt and tie quite tightly on a regu!
Question:
Are there health risks by wearing a formal shirt and tie quite tightly on a regular basis?
I like to wear well fitted shirts with stiff collars and a necktie knotted fairly tightly. I actually find this very comfortable to wear and it gives me no problems. I like to feel the collar and tie round my neck and tend to wear it a fair bit tighter compared to the average shirt and tie wearer.
However I am wondering if I could develop problems in future years by constant use of wearing this outfit everyday to work every day? And are there increased health risks from wearing this type of tight clothing around my neck on a daily basis?
Answers:
Tight ties have recently been implicated as a possible cause of glaucoma. The cause is that the tight tie compresses the jugular vein raising the intraocular pressure. 70% of men over 40 had this effect.The pressure dropped to normal on removing ties--It was felt that this could cause damage tothe retina over a period of time. therefore dont wear tight ties