Get your eyes tested for glaucoma

Next week is World Glaucoma Week and will highlight the importance of early diagnosis in avoiding vision loss.

Supported by Pfizer, the week is being run by the Association of Optometrists, Ireland and The National Council for the Blind (NCBI).

At Nichola Kennedy FAOI Optometrist, Kilcullen, anyone interested in the opportunity to have their eye pressures measured can have the test carried out for free. It only involves a painless puff of air in the eye and is one of a number of glaucoma screening tests carried out at the practice.

Nichola can also carry out the test on people diagnosed with glaucoma and currently on treatment for it.