WGW-2015 is here! We are already in the World Glaucoma Week (March 8-14, 2015) and to make the week a success, CEEJAY FOUNDATION is offering FREE eye examination/screening and 50% discount on Tonometry, Funduscopy & Photography and Visual Field Analysis within the stipulated WGW period for the year. According to Dr. Edidiong Udom, CEO of the Foundation, the eye examination/screening will take place daily in all consulting rooms at the Ceejay Vision Centre, 7 Ekpo Obot Street, Uyo. Akwa Ibom State.
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| The Fight For Your Sight |
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| Dr. Edidiong Udom | Photo by Obi Somto |
World Glaucoma Week (WGW) is a joint
global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) and the World
Glaucoma Patients Association (WGPA), to raise awareness of glaucoma, what it
does to sight, and how it might affect you.
Glaucoma
is a group of eye diseases that cause progressive damage of the optic nerve at
the point where it leaves the eye to carry visual information to the brain.
If
left untreated, most types of glaucoma progress (without warning nor obvious
symptoms to the patient) towards gradually worsening visual damage and may lead
to blindness. Once incurred, visual damage is mostly irreversible, and this has
led to glaucoma being described as the “silent blinding disease” or the “sneak
thief of sight”.
Glaucoma
is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide. It is estimated that
4.5 million persons globally are blind due to glaucoma and that this number
will rise to 11.2 million by 2020. It is noteworthy that due to the silent
progression of the disease – at least in its early stages – up to 50% of
affected persons in the developed countries are not even aware of having
glaucoma. This number may rise to 90% in underdeveloped parts of the world.
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