The leading cause of blindness among elderly adults — macular degeneration – is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for the American medical fraternity, with it being the leading cause of ‘central vision loss’ in the United States today.
Experts fear that if the increasing trend remains what it is today, by 2020, more than 43 million Americans will be developing such age-related eye diseases.
The medical association, American Academy of Ophthalmology is already up with arms to fight this growing problem for those above the age of fifty.
Its EyeSmart campaign, besides providing a new set of screening recommendations, advices all adults to get their eyes screened for the disease at age 40 – when symptoms and vision changes typically seem to appear.
The devastating trend can actually be reversed, if the people get a bit careful of their viewing-assets and get aware of when to get their eyes checked and not wait for the symptoms to appear first.
The problem lies with the fact that most people wait until the disease’s symptoms appear, when it is already too late to undo the process.
The choice is yours – take the burden of your deteriorated ‘personal quality of life,’ or with a bit of awareness, get your eyes screened at the right time.
So, reversing the devastating trend is at your — and not that of the medical fraternity’s — hand. They are only there to assist you.
To read more about the EyeSmart campaign, visit here…
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