The World Glaucoma Week is traditionally marked

In the World Health Calendar, the period from 08. until March 14, 2015 has a special significance because then Glaucoma Week is celebrated all over the world. The fact that the World Health Organization devoted even a week to the fight against this serious disease testifies to its seriousness. title=”Traditionally marked World Glaucoma Week 2015″ src=”https://perfectvision.rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/glaukoma.webp” alt=”World Glaucoma Week 2015″ width=”350″>

Glaucoma (green spot) occurs due to the accumulation of fluid in the eye, due to blocked drainage channels, which results in increased eye pressure. Elevated eye pressure pushes on the optic nerve causing damage and destroying it piece by piece. If left untreated, damage to the optic nerve results in progressive, permanent vision loss, which begins with imperceptible outages in the visual field that progress gradually, up to complete blindness. 

This insidious disease, called the “silent killer of vision”, is unfortunately still often discovered by chance examination at a late stage, when are already advanced and permanent damages sight Therefore, glaucoma is, after cataract, the second most frequent cause of blindness in the world in people over 65 years of age. 

Keeping in mind the importance of prevention and early detection of glaucoma, the “Perfect Vision” ophthalmology team, for the fifth year in a row, held a traditional lecture, with a free eye pressure measurement. The lecturer was Dr. sci med Veljko Andreić, expert associate of the “Perfect Vision” clinic. This action, which was held on March 11, 2015. in the premises of the Open University in Subotica, a large number of citizens responded who took the opportunity to perform a screening test for glaucoma in an abbreviated procedure and, in a direct conversation with the lecturer, learn everything they were interested in about this wicked disease. 

Source: RTV Yu Eco