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GLAUCOMA IN HISPANICS/LATINOS WHAT IS GLAUCOMA? HOW CAN GLAUCOMA AFFECT MY VISION? Glaucoma affects peripheral, or side, vision. Left untreated, it can lead to complete vision loss and blindness. Vision loss from glaucoma cannot be restored. THERE ARE OFTEN NO SYMPTOMS IN ITS EARLY STAGES HOW DOES GLAUCOMA AFFECT HISPANICS/LATINOS? Eight out of every ten Hispanics/Latinos with glaucoma do not know they have it. By the year 2030, the number of Hispanics/Latinos age 40 and older with glaucoma will have nearly tripled. WHO IS AT RISK FOR GLAUCOMA? Everyone age 60 and older, especially Hispanics/Latinos 60+ People with a family history of glaucoma People with diabetes WHAT CAN I DO? Get a comprehensive dilated eye exam every one to two years. Visit www.nei.nih.gov/glaucoma for more information.

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Page 1: HOW CAN GLAUCOMA AFFECT MY VISION? · 2020-01-31 · HOW CAN GLAUCOMA AFFECT MY VISION? Glaucoma affects peripheral, or side, vision. Left untreated, it can lead to . complete vision

GLAUCOMA INHISPANICS/LATINOS

WHAT IS GLAUCOMA?

HOW CAN GLAUCOMA AFFECT MY VISION?

Glaucoma affects peripheral, or side, vision.

Left untreated, it can lead to complete vision loss and blindness.

Vision loss from glaucoma cannot be restored.

THERE ARE OFTEN NO SYMPTOMS IN ITS EARLY STAGES

HOW DOES GLAUCOMA AFFECT HISPANICS/LATINOS?

Eight out of every ten Hispanics/Latinos with glaucoma

do not know they have it.

By the year 2030, the number of Hispanics/Latinos age 40 and older with

glaucoma will have nearly tripled.

WHO IS AT RISK FOR GLAUCOMA?

Everyone age 60 and older, especially Hispanics/Latinos

60+

People with a family history of glaucoma

People with diabetes

WHAT CAN I DO?

Get a comprehensive dilated eye exam every one to two years.

Visit www.nei.nih.gov/glaucoma for more information.

http://www.nei.nih.gov/glaucoma

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