Activating World Cataract Day in Dammam

Today, Monday, the Eastern Province Secretariat, in cooperation with the Specialized Eye Hospital in Dhahran, activated World Cataract Day, which is activated annually on the sixth day of January, to increase awareness and health education in its context, at the secretariat’s headquarters. Through it, an introduction was made to With the disease, which is known as white water in the eye or (cataract), it is a cloudy or opaque area in the lens of the eye that affects normal vision, as the lens of the eye located behind the iris focuses light on The retina, the latter of which sends the image through the optic nerve to the brain, but with age this lens becomes less flexible and transparent, and thicker. It and other causes also lead to defects in its tissues and changes in the proteins and fibers that make up it and their clumping together. Causing cataracts.

Three awareness and educational corners were included in the lobby of the secretariat, and as a result, health education was enhanced through it, where the most important health practices that a cataract patient should pay attention to were discussed, in addition to explaining the most important nutritional behaviors that a healthy person follows, as nutrition plays a role. It is important in strengthening eyesight. Medical consultations and vision examinations were also provided to the Secretariat’s employees.