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Glaucoma Awareness Week: Know the Facts, Protect your vision.
Some factors can make you more likely than someone else to develop glaucoma:
▶️ Your age - Your risk of getting glaucoma increases as you get older.
▶️ Genetics, family history and race - If someone in your immediate family has primary open-angle glaucoma, you have a higher risk of developing it too.
▶️ Medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and myopia.
▶️ Eye Injuries - Trauma to the eye (such as a sports injury) can cause internal damage and increase pressure inside the eye.
▶️ Lifestyle factors: Research has shown that there may be a link between higher glaucoma risk and certain lifestyle factors, like smoking.
Read the article: www.keepeyesinsight.co.za/am-i-at-risk-for-glaucoma/
Early detection is key! Vision is precious and should not be taken for granted.
Ophthalmologists available at Garden Route Eye Clinic: gardenrouteeyeclinic.co.za/contact-our-practices/
Dr Richard Faul
Dr Beyers Botha
Dr Johannes Meyer
Dr Charl Roux
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Dr Johannes Meyer was born and educated in South Africa. After obtaining his medical degree (cum laude) from the University of Stellenbosch in 1994, he worked as a general medical practitioner in Knysna. In 2005 he obtained the specialist degree in ophthalmology from the University of the Free State (cum laude). He has worked and studied in the field of eye surgery in Britain, Scotland, Canada and Germany. He is an active member of the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa, The South African Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, The South African Vitreoretinal Society and the European Vitreoretinal Society. He joined the Garden Route Centre for Eye, LASER and Plastic Surgery (now the Garden Route Eye Clinic) in 2005.
The following three years he spent in private practice in Kimberley. In 2005 he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, to run a successful practice until deciding to return home to South Africa in August 2013. In 2009 he obtained his Canadian Ophthalmic Certificate. Dr Botha is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a member of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. In addition to General Ophthalmology, he has a special interest in Cataract Surgery, Oculoplastic Surgery and Glaucoma. He also has an interest in refractive surgery (LASIK and now also TESA).