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Monday, 21 May 2012
A global initiative to raise awareness of Glaucoma comes up during the week of 11-17 March 2012. The South African Glaucoma society joins in the efforts of the World Glaucoma Society and World Glaucoma Patient Association to alert the public to the dangers of a disease referred to as the “Thief of Sight”.
Glaucoma is the most common disease of the optic nerve. Similar in many ways to Alzheimer’s disease of the brain, glaucoma causes rapid degeneration and death of the nerve cells that make up the optic nerve. Damage is irreversible and, left unchecked, it is one of few diseases resulting in complete blindness with the loss of all light perception.