Preventing Vision Loss
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SAVE YOUR VISION: Healthy lifestyle choices that help avoid eye diseases
Prevention and early detection of a serious eye disease can help preserve your eyesight. Commit to achieving good eye health by scheduling regular comprehensive eye exams at Lighthouse Guild.
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SAVE YOUR VISION: When you should contact your eye doctor
As we get older, it’s normal to experience changes to our vision like needing more light to read, and taking longer to adjust to changes in light levels. But some changes in vision and eye symptoms could be a sign of eye disease or a serious condition.
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Why It’s Important to Get Routine Eye Exams
Did you know that more than 20 million Americans have some form of vision loss caused by eye diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration? Many eye diseases strike without warning signs.
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How to prevent and treat age-related macular degeneration
We are living longer than previous generations. Each day, approximately 10,000 Americans turn 65. Unfortunately, one in six adults this age and older has a vision impairment, caused by eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, also known as AMD.
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Understanding glaucoma, the “Sneak Thief of Sight”
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness for Americans age 60 and over. Early detection and treatment is crucial. Comprehensive dilated eye exams can help detect glaucoma in its early stages, possibly preventing it from causing further harm and loss of vision.
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You have diabetes. How can you avoid serious eye diseases?
Did you know that diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in Americans ages 20 to 74? Or that the number of people with this serious eye disease, will rise from nearly 8 million today to 11 million in 2030?
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Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes?
The number of Americans with type 2 diabetes could rise to as many as one-third of all adults by 2050, according to the CDC. Accompanying this projected increase in the number of diabetes cases is the increased likelihood that millions more Americans will develop diabetic eye diseases.
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Checklist for home eye safety
You may not think of your home as a place where you could damage your eyes or even lose your eyesight. But nearly half of the 2.5 million eye injuries that occur in the U.S. each year happen in or near the home—more than injuries at work and school combined.
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Why you need protective eyewear at home
Nearly half of all eye injuries happen in and around the home, and the number of injuries continues to rise every year. But did you know an estimated 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable with the use of proper safety eyewear?
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Celebrate World Sight Day 2019: Vision First
285 million people globally are visually impaired. According to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, 80 percent of these cases could be avoided if people were to receive comprehensive eye care services.
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Lighthouse Guild is dedicated to providing exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals.
