It is Glaucoma Week, a disease that remains one of the biggest causes of irreversible blindness globally. There is huge publicity in a bid to attract people to have regular eye examinations and optic nerve checks, especially first degree relatives, FDR.
FRDs are at 10 times the risk of developing glaucoma. If these relatives acted and had regular glaucoma checks, it's likely to save a great deal of sight. Glaucoma is a group of diseases, causing progressive damage to vision. What is surprising for most patients, is that it does so without any prior warning or symptoms until much later in the disease process. While treatment here is effective against further progress, so arresting the disease, there is no reverse to the damage done. Early diagnosis is key for preserving vision.
The World Glaucoma Associated aims to eliminate glaucoma blindness through awareness and examination.
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