{"id":463823,"date":"2024-12-30T14:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=463823"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:37:58","slug":"early-detection-crucial-regular-eye-check-ups-can-prevent-glaucoma-blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/early-detection-crucial-regular-eye-check-ups-can-prevent-glaucoma-blindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Detection Crucial: Regular Eye Check-ups Can Prevent Glaucoma Blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular eye exams starting in one&#8217;s 40s are crucial for preventing vision loss from glaucoma, warns Dr. Tanuj Dada, Professor of Ophthalmology at AIIMS, New Delhi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glaucoma, often symptomless, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Dr. Dada emphasizes that early detection is key, recommending eye check-ups every two years for those over 40 and annually for those over 60. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals with diabetes, hypertension, a family history of glaucoma, or those using steroids are at higher risk and should prioritize annual check-ups. He highlights the alarmingly high rate of undetected glaucoma in India, stressing the need for increased awareness and proactive eye care to prevent blindness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular eye exams starting in one&#8217;s 40s are crucial for preventing vision loss from glaucoma, warns Dr. Tanuj Dada, Professor of Ophthalmology at AIIMS, New Delhi. Glaucoma, often symptomless, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Dr. Dada emphasizes that early detection is key, recommending eye check-ups every two years for those over 40 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":463824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}