Free eye health screening ahead of Millwall game to mark Eye Health Awareness Week
The Jack Army are invited to take advantage of free eye health screening ahead of Saturday’s match against Millwall.
To mark Eye Health Awareness Week, Yasin Elhassan from the Singleton Hospital Ophthalmology department will be offering a free eye screening to supporters in the club shop. The free screening will be available to people between 10.30am and 12pm.
The screening looks for early signs of diabetic retinopathy, optic disc changes, and other retinal disease; and is capable of identifying these conditions prior to other symptoms being present. Early detection of these conditions gives people the best chance of intervention and reversing the conditions through simple lifestyle changes.
The screening will take around three minutes and is available to anyone.
Earlier this week, Yasin and his colleague Gwyn Williams offered eye screening to Swansea City AFC Foundation’s Fit Jacks participants as part of the 12-week programme which provides people aged 30 and over with activities, advice and guidance related to health and wellbeing.
Yasin said: “We’re grateful for the opportunity to do the screening at both the Fit Jacks evening and the game, and we hope people take up the opportunity to receive their screenings ahead of Saturday’s match against Millwall.
“Of course, it’s Eye Health Awareness Week, so it’s just about making people aware of their eye health and just making them aware of conditions, and picking up things early before they deteriorate.
“Picking up things early makes things easier to treat, whereas the longer you leave it, it can be more difficult. So it’s just about making people aware, and reminding people that their opticians can pick up things quickly.
“Some conditions often don’t have any symptoms until it’s quite late. We just want to give people the option to come along and get tested, because it’s important to look after healthy eyes. And we can also refer people and get them heading to the right treatment as early as possible."