What if you or someone you love has Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a blinding eye disease caused by raised pressure within the eyes. There is a secretion and drainage mechanism which regulates the pressure within the eye. Its got little to do with blood pressure or anything else your doctor might check. A proportion of people going through life encounter a difficulty because the drainage mechanism fails, and the pressure inside the eye rises causing damage to delicate nerve structures inside the eye. The nerves can no longer transmit data to the brain, and black blindness is the result. Dont worry too too much, Glaucoma is rare, affecting 0.3% (3 in a thousand) of people age 40, but increases to 8% to 12% (80 to 120 per thousand) age 75. Most people who self diagnose have already lost 80% of their vision. There is no warning. It is totally treatable and entirely preventable. Classic case of a stitch in time saves nine. If you think your vision is fine and havent had your eyes checked for a while, dont play Russian roulette with your eyesight, remember its 70% of your overall sensory input. Get your eye pressures checked. Book an eye test online today onespecs.je/book quote code 20DISC to save £20.
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 00:01:41 +0000
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