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Despite being a symbol of smartness and professionalism, neckties may not be so good for your health.\u00a0They can\u00a0transmit bacteria from medic to patient more so than a shirt sleeve,\u00a0and too-tight ties\u00a0have\u00a0also been found to increase pressure in the eye, possibly leading to an increased risk of glaucoma. Researchers in a small 2018 study found\u00a0tight\u00a0ties could\u00a0also\u00a0reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent<\/a>.<\/p>\n However,\u00a0the body has ways of safely counteracting this change in pressure.\u00a0Things become more complicated when\u00a0people\u00a0have other health issues that lower their ability to cope with such changes, such as those who are obese, smoke or have high blood pressure. If you\u00a0start to\u00a0feel headachy,\u00a0dizzy or nauseous,\u00a0take the tie off.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Damian Bienias, Croydon<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Stephanie Organ Published: Wednesday, 17 November 2021 at 12:00 am Despite being a symbol of smartness and professionalism, neckties may not be so good for your health.\u00a0They can\u00a0transmit bacteria from medic to patient more so than a shirt sleeve,\u00a0and too-tight ties\u00a0have\u00a0also been found to increase pressure in the eye, possibly leading to an increased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":318,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie.jpg",1200,536,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie-300x134.jpg",300,134,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie-768x343.jpg",768,343,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie-1024x457.jpg",800,357,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie.jpg",1200,536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2021\/11\/how-dangerous-is-it-to-wear-a-tie.jpg",1200,536,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Stephanie Organ Published: Wednesday, 17 November 2021 at 12:00 am Despite being a symbol of smartness and professionalism, neckties may not be so good for your health.\u00a0They can\u00a0transmit bacteria from medic to patient more so than a shirt sleeve,\u00a0and too-tight ties\u00a0have\u00a0also been found to increase pressure in the eye, possibly leading to an increased…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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