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Police Restrictions on laser eye surgery lifted
Occupations enhanced with Laser eye surgery
The UK’s police services have always held strict
policies concerning refractive surgery, due to the necessity
for its members to meet set standards of visual acuity.
Now however, these restrictions are lifting with the growing
acceptance within the forces of the benefits of laser eye
treatment. It is now acceptable for officers to opt for
treatment if required and is now actually deemed necessary
for new recruits whose applications into the police may
be jeopardised by poor uncorrected vision which falls short
of the requirements.
Optimax has seen a significant rise in officers opting
for treatment and continues to receive feedback on how treatment
has enhanced their occupation and performance.
David Lyndsey is a police officer in the Met who underwent
LASIK at Optimax in June. Click
here to read his story.
Millions ignore poor eyesight
Millions of people in the UK are turning a blind eye to
their own sight problems, a survey has found. By doing
so they are putting themselves and others at risk.
The study of just under 1,000 adults who had not had eyesight
correction, found many put off wearing contact lens or glasses
even when they suspected they might need them.
The figures suggest that as many as 2.5m Britons who should
be seeking help for eyesight problems have failed to do
so.
Each person was given a basic eye test, and asked for their
opinions on contact lens, glasses and laser eye surgery.
More than one in three (35%) failed the eye test - but
of these 33% said they were not surprised and worryingly,
65% were car drivers.
Researcher Dr June McNicholas, a psychologist at Warwick
University, said the results suggested that many people
had taken a conscious decision not to have their vision
corrected.
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Risk of blindness for contact lens wearers
Contact lens wearers should avoid tap water
Contact lens wearers in the south of England are nine times
more likely to pick up an eye infection that could permanently
damage their sight than people in the rest of the country.
A study by doctors at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital has found huge geographical
variations in the rate of acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) infection across England
and Wales.
They believe the variations in AK infection - a rare condition
that causes pain and irritation in the eyes and loss of
sight in serious cases - could be linked to differences
in water hardness across the country.
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