After the recently concluded World Glaucoma Week last week March 11-17, 2012 there was a lot of insights about glaucoma that everyone must know. This is after all, the main purpose of the whole week, it is to educate and teach people about this condition that affects the eyes. It seems we all can take our eye sight for granted at times, not knowing that the eye is a very sensitive organ that if something goes wrong, then there is no means to replace it even with current technology. Glaucoma is a condition that can eventually cause blindness and it affects nearly four percent of the world’s population and with an estimated of 50% of glaucoma cases are undiagnosed. Yes, there are a lot of people with this condition and more people have glaucoma and are unaware of it. “The main purpose of World Glaucoma Week is to make people aware of this eye condition, many people do not take their eye health seriously and many people do not even protect their eyes on a regular basis,” noted Lainie Anderson, Vice President of Marketing from The Sunglass Fix, who is a supporter of eye protection using sunglasses. “In Australia, the numbers have shown, that glaucoma is the major cause of sight loss in adults aged 40 and above and this is a very alarming number,” added Lainie Andersen. Glaucoma does not have any warning signs and does not manifest any early symptoms, when you experience the symptoms for glaucoma it is usually too late. “The condition is a major cause of blindness but, the point here is that blindness from glaucoma is absolutely preventable,” added Lainie Anderson. One way you can protect your eyes is through wearing protective eyewear. During the day in summer, the sun is can be intense and sometimes it just gives out too much light that can affect the eyes. Also, the sun emits harmful ultraviolet radiation that hurts the skin. If UV can hurt the skin, it hurts the eye as well which is more sensitive than skin. “When people are concerned about their skin, they put on sun block to protect them. We need to adopt a mindset to also put on sunglasses to protect our eyes. There are so many options now with eyewear that includes buying sunglasses online and getting replacement lenses for your existing frames such as ray ban replacement lenses or any other name brand that you need lenses for. It’s easy as a few clicks on the internet and we can deliver our own premium quality lenses to your doorstep.” Explained Lainie Anderson from The Sunglass Fix. For more information about ray ban replacement lenses please visit our website http://www.thesunglassfix.com/
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