According to the International Labor Organization, about 2.2 billion people in the world have low or no vision

For those who have good eyes, eye health is not something that is considered very seriously.

People use it non-stop from the time they open their eyes until they close them. In fact, the eyes work non-stop just like the heart, says ophthalmologist Sarah Maylin, a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

One thing is that when people run, their heart beats faster and eventually they have to slow down, but they don't think to rest because of how tired their eyes are, he said.

And they don't even remember to check how good their eyes are, Sarah Maylin said.

The organization celebrating World Sight Day is trying to change this. It is important for people to pay attention to their eye health. Peter Holland, head of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), said that the message needs to be spread so that everyone knows where treatment is available.

Lucy was experiencing flashes of light in her right eye, but she didn't immediately check her eyes.

A  reporter, Lucy Owens, recently wrote about how a routine medical check-up prevented her from losing her sight.

Luciso has been wearing contact lenses since he was 16 years old, and when he was over 50 years old, he started seeing light through the corner of his eye.

It doesn't happen every now and then, but only 1 or 2 times a day. He said that he was a little worried, but he didn't do an eye test right away.

When I was about to turn 52, I thought that this is a gift that comes with age.

Lucy said that she doesn't get her eyes checked regularly and sometimes even forgets to do the annual medical check-up.

But the things that were going on with Lin Kae's hands didn't stop, so he started to check his eyes. Then he realized that he was seeing these things because the optic nerve layer in his eye seemed to want to separate.


A few months after the surgery, Lucy is back at work

And Lucy also had to undergo emergency surgery on her right eye. The operation took only 40 minutes and he was discharged within a few hours.

For the next 7 days, Lucy said, she lay on her side in bed and waited for her vision to return. After that, month after month, his vision improved, and now he is even back at work.

I just want to say that he is very lucky. Lucy said how lucky she was to have an eye exam and was able to spot and treat the disease right away.

But eye health check-ups and treatments like Lucy's are not easy to get in other poor countries.

This is one of the issues we want to highlight on World Sight Day.

low income Peter Holland believes that developing economies and countries need to develop national plans and policies for eye health and treatment.

We must try to include eye health in national health plans. Not only in this one, but if they are fully included in health policies and plans, they will be able to get the necessary treatment, said Peter Holland.

In the 2023 report of the International Labor Organization (ILO), about 2.2 billion people in the world are visually impaired or completely blind. Of these, 1.1 billion suffer from preventable or untreated vision impairment.

If we don't make the necessary investments to make the necessary protections, this number will increase. especially low-income Middle-income countries It is said to be more likely among people living in remote areas and indigenous peoples.

IAPB also said that in accordance with the theme of this year's World Sight Day, everyone needs to participate to prioritize eye health in the workplace.

The ILO estimated that in 2020, 13 million people of working age worldwide suffered from work-related visual impairment. Among the causes of vision damage, work-related visual impairment is said to be the third most common cause.

In that report, agriculture, forest For those who work in sheltered outdoor jobs such as construction and fishing, it is said that ultraviolet and infrared rays can cause cloudiness among things that affect vision.

There are things that spread in the air in workplaces where we work with equipment. These things are good for the eyes, but High temperature or collision, It is stated that there is a need to wear adequate protection as there is a possibility of penetration.

And there is another problem that people in today's workplace face.

This is the problem of eye strain after looking at the computer for a long time. The report said that people tend to look at a certain distance between the eyes and the computer for long periods of time.

This is why the eye muscles have to maintain this position for a long time. Because they tend to look at the computer for a long time, the eyes, It is stated that they become diseases related to vision.

How do you improve your vision without spending a lot of money?

Ophthalmologist Sarah Maylin recommended this.

  • Every time it's your birthday, remember to take care of your eyes and give them rest
  • Check to see if your eyes are good or bad. Look at something with both eyes open. Then try closing and opening each side. If you see something different, you have to show your eyes.
  • I have a child under the age of 7. If the eye clinic is far away, ask them to look at something from a distance and make sure they can see both sides. When you do that, you often see some kind of poor vision disease that occurs in children. If that happens, you have to treat it.
  • Another thing to always keep in mind is that prevention is the most important thing for eye health, said Sarah Maylin, ophthalmologist at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.