World Glaucoma Day, 6 March 2008: tackling glaucoma internationally.

نویسندگان

  • Yvonne Buys
  • Ivan Goldberg
  • George N Lambrou
  • Robert Ritch
چکیده

We have all heard many times that “Glaucoma is the second most common treatable cause of blindness worldwide”. Glaucoma is a significant public health concern, being the leading cause of irreversible blindness and consistently ranking among the leading causes of blindness in virtually every nation. In developing countries, cataract is the leading cause of blindness. In developed countries, the leading cause of blindness is age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, there is a fundamental difference between these 2 diseases and glaucoma; their high rank as causes of blindness is due to structural reasons that are hard to address (limited access to surgical infrastructure for cataract and lack of an effective preventive treatment for AMD), whereas in the case of glaucoma, the main reason is low awareness of the disease and its implications. Indeed, it is estimated that only 50% of those affected with glaucoma in developed nations are aware that they have the disease, while as many as 90% or more of people with glaucoma in underdeveloped countries are unaware of having the disease or have even heard of glaucoma. Despite our better understanding of risk factors for glaucoma, we have yet to see an improvement in these numbers. Worse, although glaucoma occurs in all age groups, it is more common in older adults, and with an ageing population, estimates of glaucoma prevalence are increasing. It has been predicted that by 2020, 79.6 million people worldwide will have glaucoma, 11.2 million of whom will be bilaterally blind, up from the current 4.5 million.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical & experimental ophthalmology

دوره 36 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008