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Glaucoma. detected in time, it can be treated well

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in France, after macular degeneration (MD). If 800,000 patients have already been treated, experts estimate that at least 400,000 people have been affected without knowing it. This pathology, which gradually destroys the optic nerve of the eye, affects 2% of people over 40 and 10% of people over 70. Glaucoma cannot be cured, but there are many effective treatments to prevent or delay the onset of blindness, provided they are administered before the first visual field loss.

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From the age of 40, or when presbyopia appears, a good reflex is therefore to go to a specialist for a checkup; if all indicators are normal, a visit every 3 to 5 years will be sufficient for early detection of glaucoma. This is even more important after the age of 65, when the development of blindness can gradually reduce the quality of life, when it will be easy…

Source: Le Figaro

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