Check your eyes!

It doesn't seem like a year since we reported on the subject before, (actually, when we check, it's not) but AMD Week begins next Monday.

The letters stand for Age-related Macular Degeneration, a condition that can affect eyes as a person gets older.

Kilcullen optometrist Nichola Kennedy has given us a note that a new website offers full information on the issue.

Nichola has also bought a new piece of equipment, a Fundus Camera, particularly useful in cases of diabetes, glaucoma, AMD and other conditions which require close monitoring for changes.

It costs €30. The quick and painless test is not covered by PRSI or Medical Card, but is well worth while to help protect what is probably the most important of the five senses we use every day.

Brian Byrne.