39 million of these people are completely blind Cheap Alex Goligoski Hat , while others suffer from other eye-related diseases and disorders. These figures are, to say the least, rather troubling, despite blindness affecting only 4% of the world's overall population.


The WHO fact sheet released last October 2011 discussed the growing number of visual impairment cases around the world. Around 43% of these cases involved blindness and damaged eye lenses, which can be caused by uncorrected refractive disorders such as myopia Cheap Oliver Ekman-Larsson Hat , hyperopia, or astigmatism. Cataracts ranked second, with 33% of all cases and glaucoma with a 2% incidence.


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People suffering from any sort of refractive eye disorder should go to an ophthalmologist or optometrist for diagnosis and treatment. An eye doctor Surrey has can prescribe the type of corrective lens patients should use judging by their individual conditions. With lots of trendypopular styles to choose from, patients shouldn't think about looking dorky while wearing eye glasses. Patients who are having problems with wearing eyeglasses may instead get contact lenses.


Compared to corrective eyeglasses Surrey residents use, contact lenses provide the freedom to see things clearly minus the clunky glasses and frames that limit one's peripheral vision. Most modern contact lenses are made of silicone or plastic and fits the same purpose of corrective eye glasses.


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