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In addition to blacks, others at risk of developing glaucoma include people who have a family with glaucoma, are over 35 years old, are very nearsighted, have diabetes, regularly take steroids, or have had an eye injury or eye surgery.
If you are black and also fall into any one of these categories, your chances of developing glaucoma are even higher, Mr. Carlomagno warned.
February is Black History Month and the Virginia Affiliate-National Society to Prevent Blindness is urging all blacks to make an appointment as soon as possible with a qualified eye care professional, even is no vision loss is evident. Regular eye exams at least once every two years can save sight by detecting glaucoma in its early stages—when treatment can prevent further vision loss.
Learning more about glaucoma can help minimize the needless loss of vision. For more information about glaucoma, send a stamped, self-addressed, business size envelope to: Prevent Blindness, 3820 Augusta Ave., Richmond, Va. 23230. Other materials and audiovisual aids on glaucoma are also available.
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