Glaucoma Awareness Month  Glaucoma awareness is important for all of us to share. Glaucoma is known as the silent thief of sight, because the loss of vision usually occurs slowly over a long period of time, this is why early detection is key! What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage...

Test for Glaucoma and Save your Sight! It’s our aim is to spread the word to as many people as possible, that glaucoma blindness can be eliminated if we all have regular eye checks, including optic nerve checks. Called the ‘silent thief of sight’, because you don’t feel any symptoms until you start having vision...

As we age the risk of suffering a sight threatening eye condition increases and it’s women who are at the greatest risk. According to the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB), nearly two thirds of people living with sight loss are female. There are a number of factors such as longer life expectancy, hormonal...

Glaucoma is a very misunderstood disease. Often, people don’t realise the severity or who is affected. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness – If left untreated, glaucoma can cause blindness. Unfortunately, about 10% of people with glaucoma who receive treatment still experience loss of vision. There is no cure (yet) for glaucoma – Glaucoma is...

During the festive period we spend time with our family  and throughout the year, every month, every week, every day for some.  We chat, catch up on news, what the kids have been up to, what our plans are for the year ahead…but our health, in particular our eye health, may not always be the topic of...

See how having glaucoma can affect your driving.  As glaucoma progresses, driving can be one of the first things you need to give up once your field of vision has become compromised.  That’s why if you have a close blood relative with glaucoma, brother, sister, father, mother, it’s very important to make sure that you have regular...

“I’ve never had any problems with my eyes, do I really need this fancy new scan?” This is a question that was put to me by a sceptical forty-something man recently. Before I’d even started his examination he explained that his vision was fine, he didn’t need glasses, and the only reason he had come...