The (older) eyes may have it

18.03.2013                      07.Nisan. 5773

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The (older) eyes may have it

Glaucoma, the eye disease that causes blindness, is easy to check for and treat, but too few Israelis take the test.

It takes no longer than a coffee break – but this simple and painless test can save you from going blind.
An ophthalmologist has merely to put some anesthetic drops onto your eyes, wait a few minutes and then, for a second or two, hold a tonometer device against the transparent cornea coating your eyeball….