Obama Announces Vision Week

A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Blindness and visual impairment affect millions of Americans. Early diagnosis and timely treatment are critical to minimize vision loss from eye diseases as well as vision loss that is correctable with eye glasses or contact lenses. During Save Your Vision Week, I encourage all Americans to take action to protect their vision.

source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Save-Your-Vision-Week-2009/

Emil Chynn, MD, MBA of Park Avenue Laser Vision has partnered with Diaton, Inc. to offer FREE GLAUCOMA SCREENINGS FOR SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK.

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the US and the #1 cause of irreversible blindness in black Americans, because it is the “silent thief of vision”–there are no symptoms until it’s too late, and you are already almost blind.

Kirby Puckett, the former Major League Baseball player, All-Star, and Batting Champion, like most people with glaucoma, never knew he had it, as only his peripheral vision was affected (even professional athletes often can’t recognize a loss of peripheral vision, as people just turn their heads to look at things).  By the time he was diagnosed, he only had “tunnel vision” left, and, sadly, had to retire from baseball at the peak of his career.

President Obama, in his enlightenment, has made preventing blindness a priority of his administration.  Dr. Chynn was an early Obama supporter, and donated the maximum contribution allowed by law to his campaign–so is eager to do his part and help out!

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends that every adult has their eye pressure checked for glaucoma every 2 years.  So, if you or anyone you know has not had an eye exam in years–do it now, for Save Your Vision Week!

Just call Dr. Chynn’s practice, Park Avenue Laser Vision, toll-free, at (888) I-WANT-2020 (1-888-492-6820) and say you want to have your annual eye exam, and to be screened for glaucoma.  If you have any type of valid MEDICAL (NOT VISION) insurance, Dr. Chynn will accept this as full payment for your exam (you will not be “balanced billed).  Dr. Chynn is a MD (ophthalmologist), not an OD (optometrist), so can bill your medical insurance for this exam (your medical insurance may also partially cover the more modern, safer, noncutting LASEK laser vision correction he is performing–you do not need “vision” insurance).

Even if you do not have medical insurance, Park Avenue Laser Vision will still accept you as a patient during Save Vision Week, and perform an annual exam and glaucoma screening using the Diatom non-contact device.

The Diaton invention is a new product that has been FDA approved for 2 years.  Rather than puffing an annoying blast of air into your eye, or requiring messy drops that sting to allow something to touch your eyeball, the Diaton device measures your eye pressure THROUGH YOUR EYELID WITH YOUR LID CLOSED.  This means that you don’t have to worry about any discomfort–which makes the Diatom an ideal screening device, and great for testing for glaucoma in children.

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