Coinciding with World Glaucoma Week, Specsavers Camborne director Alan Honeybone has talked candidly about his condition in effort to prevent needless sight loss in others.
Honeybone was diagnosed with slow onset open-angle glaucoma after one of his colleagues identified the disease during an eye exam.
‘I have annual eye tests as there is history of glaucoma in previous generations of my family,’ said Honeybone. ‘In the weeks and months leading up to the eye test I didn’t have any symptoms whatsoever. Thankfully my colleague, an ophthalmologist working in store, detected a cupping of my optic disc and slight field defects.’
He has since been encouraging people to learn more about the disease and, in particular, how family history might affect the chances of it occurring. ‘My older brother also suffers from glaucoma... the disease can often run in families, that’s why we ask for your family’s eye history when you come for an eye test,’ Honeybone added.