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Taking care of your eyes. An important CWEST topic.

Taking care of your eyes. An important CWEST topic. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. Everybody will agree that eye care is very, very important. Imagine losing your sight when it could have been prevented. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. On Earth there are -:

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Taking care of your eyes. An important CWEST topic.

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  1. Taking care of your eyes.An important CWEST topic.

  2. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Everybody will agree that eye care is very, very important. • Imagine losing your sight when it could have been prevented.

  3. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • On Earth there are -: • 285 million visually impaired people. • 246 million have low vision. • 39 million people are blind.

  4. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • In the UK there are -: • 360,000 registered blind or partially sighted people. • However, that figure rises to 1,950,000 who are not officially registered. That is 1 person in 30!

  5. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Imagine not seeing your friends or family, your favourite actor, a television programme or your favourite sports team? It would be devastating.

  6. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (normal vision on the left, AMD on the right).

  7. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. Cataract (normal vision on the left, cataract on the right).

  8. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. Diabetic eye disease (normal vision on the left, diabetic eye disease on the right).

  9. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • So, how can you reduce the risks of becoming partially sighted or even blind?

  10. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Amongst other good habits…….. • Eat healthily

  11. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Don’t smoke (or give up)

  12. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Maintain normal blood pressure

  13. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Maintain a healthy weight

  14. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Exercise

  15. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Visit your GP and/or optician if you recognise deterioration in your eye sight

  16. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Stay out of very bright light

  17. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • COMPETITION TIME!! • 22-28 September is National Eye Health Week. • You need to design a poster starting with ‘Healthy eyes are important because…..’

  18. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes. • Prizes!! • Your poster will be sent away to be judged by a panel of eye experts. • If you win, you’ll get £50 of book tokens and £30 of Love2Shop vouchers!! • Your finished poster needs to be completed by Wednesday, 15 October. Every student in the school is eligible to take part.

  19. CWEST - Taking care of your eyes.

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