REGULAR EYE TESTS PREVENTS BLINDNESS - ONAKOYA

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By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria in collaboration with Pfizer Specialities and Glaucoma Society of Nigeria held a walk from the National Stadium to Ojuelegba in Lagos early on Saturday March 18, 2017 to sensitise members of the public about Glaucoma, the 2nd leading cause of blindness worldwide and in Nigeria. 

It was the climax of the week-long series of activities aimed at creating awareness about glaucoma, in commemoration of the 2017 World Glaucoma Week with the theme “Beat Invisible Glaucoma”. 

Over 70 million people suffer glaucoma worldwide with 10 million already blind. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Head, Glaucoma Services and Acting Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine,/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Adeola Onakoya, called on all Nigerians, especially those aged 30 and above to go for regular eye screening to detect and treat eye problems, particularly glaucoma, early. 

“We are walking for glaucoma essentially to sensitize people to the disease. Our T-shirts are adorned with the message ‘Get your eyes tested for glaucoma’, so that people would know that there is an eye disease called glaucoma.

Studies show that only 5 per cent of Nigerians know about glaucoma and it is among those that are being treated for the disorder. “The message is that you should get your eyes tested so you do not go needlessly blind from glaucoma. It is asymptomatic and life-long. If untreated, the possibility of blindness is very high,” Onakoya cautioned. 

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