Glaucoma Awareness Week 2024
Season 2, Episode 523, Jun 26, 10:50 AM
Did you know that last week of June is Glaucoma Awareness Week?
But what is glaucoma, how does it affect your eyes and why is talking about your family's eye health history important?
Paulina Kuchorew speaks with Nishani Amerasinghe, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and president of UK and Éire Glaucoma Society, as well as Wayne Bebb and his son Gethin, about their family's glaucoma story.
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But what is glaucoma, how does it affect your eyes and why is talking about your family's eye health history important?
Paulina Kuchorew speaks with Nishani Amerasinghe, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and president of UK and Éire Glaucoma Society, as well as Wayne Bebb and his son Gethin, about their family's glaucoma story.
Image shows RNIB Connect Radio logo. RNIB is written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath, 'Connect Radio' written in smaller black letters.