Why Should Vision Loss Concern You
Serious vision loss, that cannot be adequately treated medically, is a growing problem, especially as the world's population ages. While a cure may not always be possible, there is hope! Gary Yoak's new handbook, "Victory Over Vision Loss" provides a road map to successfully overcoming the limits it imposes. Yoak provides the "inside view" to handling this frightening disability.
(PRWEB) April 9, 2005 -- Does the possibility of losing your vision scare
you? Do you personally know anyone who is blind or has low vision? If not, get
ready! The likelihood that you will in the coming years is on the
increase.
The National Eye Institute, the U.S. government agency that
conducts research on eye disease and seeks to raise public awareness of eye
problems, reported in April 2004 that the number of people 40 and over who are
blind or have low vision will increase from 3.3 million to 5.5 million.
Some eye diseases mentioned in the study can be dealt with medically.
Cataracts, while significantly reducing visual function, can usually be
corrected with a lens implant. Other diseases are more troublesome,
though.
Age-related macular degeneration can cause severe vision loss,
and at this point, the damage is permanent. Glaucoma has been called a "siletn
thief" of sight, because the chronic form can have no noticeable
syptoms.
In addition, more premature babies are surviving at lower birth
rates. The "micropreemies" (undr 2 pounds) are especially vulnerable to
retinopathy of prematurity, a disease that causes leaky blood vessels and extra
blood vessel growth in the retina. This condition is often diagnosed early these
days, but it can be very tricky, and a number of secondary complications can
occur.
Gary Yoak has many years of experience with this disease, and has
suffered virtually every complication it can bring, except total blindness. This
led Yoak to write a handbook to help others who may be facing similar
challenges.
"I wanted to lessen the pain and heartache this problem
brings to people's lives. In 1987, when told I was legally blind and it was
permanent at age 22, I was devastated. I knew a little about vision loss, but
never considered I might be blind. This handbook shares all the things I wish
someone would have shared with me at that point."
Yoak's handbook is
available through his website, http://www.visionlossunlimited.com. He welcomes questions from
anyone facing the real challenge of vision problems in their lives. He can be
contacted by e-mail at e-mail protected from spam bots, or by telephone at
304-295-7913 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time.
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