08/09/2025
Science can explain the mechanism but culture writes the stories.
👁️ ”Ghost Month & The Mystery of Haunted Vision”
Ghost month curiosities - Dr Chua 6/9/2025
Every year, when Hungry Ghost Month comes around (the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar — this year in September), life slows down. Weddings? Postpone. House-moving? Later lah. Surgery? Better wait. Even eye centres notice fewer bookings during this period.
And why ah? 👇
Because got story people like to whisper:
👉 Some patients who receive corneal transplants from deceased donors claim they see shadows, faces, or feel like something watching them.
So the question is — are they really seeing spirits… or just science doing its thing?
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👻 The Ghost Tale
The belief goes like this: the donor’s soul stays in the transplanted cornea. Since the eye is called the “window of the soul”, the patient may accidentally peep into the otherworld.
Creepy right? But is it true? Let’s check with science.
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🔬 The Science Behind the Spooks
Actually, the cornea is just a transparent piece of tissue. No memory, no emotions, no soul inside. But after surgery, your brain and body can play some very interesting tricks:
🧠 Phantom Vision – Like amputees who feel a “phantom limb”, the brain can create phantom images when vision suddenly comes back.
👁️ Charles Bonnet Syndrome – If vision is incomplete, the brain fills the blanks with hallucinations — faces, figures, even ghost-like patterns.
💊 Medication Effects – Anaesthetic, steroids and recovery drugs sometimes cause hallucinations or funny dreams.
🌏 Cultural Influence – In Asia, especially during Ghost Month, people more likely to say “see ghost” instead of “side effect”.
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✨ What Patients Should Know
Strange visual experiences after corneal surgery are quite common and usually harmless.
Always tell your doctor — this is recovery, not haunting.
Ghost Month reminds us: science can explain the mechanism, but culture writes the story.
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👁️ {鬼月与“见鬼”的视觉之谜}
鬼月趣谈 - 蔡鐘能眼科医生写于6/9/2025
每年一到农历七月鬼月（今年是在九月），生活节奏就慢了下来。婚礼？先推迟。搬新家？等等吧。手术？最好延后。连眼科中心在这段时间也会发现预约手术的人变少了。
为什么呢？👇
因为有一个大家私下常说的故事：
👉 有些接受已故者角膜移植的病人，声称会看到影子、人脸，甚至感觉好像有人在盯着自己。
那么问题来了——他们真的见到鬼了吗？还是科学在作怪？
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👻 鬼故事的说法
民间的说法是：捐赠者的灵魂会留在移植的角膜里。既然眼睛被称为“心灵之窗”，接受者就可能无意中窥见阴阳两界。
毛骨悚然吧？但这是真的吗？让我们看看科学怎么说。
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🔬 科学的解释
事实上，角膜只是透明的组织，没有记忆、没有情感、也没有灵魂。可是在手术之后，大脑和身体却可能出现一些奇特的现象：
🧠 幻觉视觉（Phantom Vision） —— 就像截肢的人会感觉“幻肢”，当视力突然恢复时，大脑也可能制造出“幻影”。
👁️ 夏科–波内综合征（Charles Bonnet Syndrome） —— 当视力不完整时，大脑会自动“填补空白”，产生幻觉——人脸、图案，甚至像鬼影一样的形象。
💊 药物影响 —— 麻醉药、类固醇以及术后药物，有时会引起幻觉或奇怪的梦境。
🌏 文化因素 —— 在亚洲，特别是鬼月期间，人们更容易把这些现象解释为“见鬼”，而不是副作用。
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✨ 病人须知
手术后出现奇怪的视觉体验，其实很常见，而且通常无害。
这只是康复的一部分，而不是闹鬼。鬼月提醒我们：科学解释的是“为什么”，而文化塑造了“故事”。
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