{"id":2261,"date":"2019-07-08T09:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T09:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2019-07-08T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T09:07:59","slug":"cataracts-are-the-leading-cause-of-blindness-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanguardhealthcare.co.uk\/is_is\/cataracts-are-the-leading-cause-of-blindness-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Drer er helsta ors\u00f6k blindu \u00ed heiminum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranns\u00f3knin var unnin af h\u00e1sk\u00f3lanum \u00ed Otago, Adapt Research og Tairawhiti District Health Board. Drer veldur \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 n\u00e1tt\u00faruleg linsa augans ver\u00f0ur sk\u00fdju\u00f0, sem veldur \u00feoku, \u00feoku e\u00f0a minna litr\u00edkri sj\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Ranns\u00f3knir s\u00fdna a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 drer er tvisvar sinnum l\u00edklegri til a\u00f0 falla og eykur \u00fev\u00ed aukinn \u00fer\u00fdsting \u00e1 heilbrig\u00f0iskerfi\u00f0 og getur hugsanlega fari\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00e1st af \u00feunglyndi og einangrun. Rannsakandinn Mr Boyd sag\u00f0i<\/p>\n

\u201eA\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 mj\u00f6g g\u00f3\u00f0 fj\u00e1rfesting \u00e1 heilsudollaranum vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e1vinningurinn af falli sem h\u00e6gt v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 koma \u00ed veg fyrir og sj\u00f3nbata er mj\u00f6g g\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00ed samanbur\u00f0i vi\u00f0 sum \u00f6nnur heilbrig\u00f0isinngrip.<\/p>\n

\u201eVandam\u00e1l drer \u00e1 eftir a\u00f0 aukast eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00edb\u00faar eldast. 27 millj\u00f3nir augasteinaa\u00f0ger\u00f0a eru framkv\u00e6mdar \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri \u00e1 heimsv\u00edsu, sem gerir \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 lei\u00f0andi a\u00f0ger\u00f0 \u00ed heiminum."<\/p>\n

Lestu meira um hvernig \u00feeir \u00e6tla a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 \u00feessa \u00e1skorun \u00e1 N\u00fdja Sj\u00e1landi h\u00e9r: https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/one-news\/new-zealand\/clearing-cataract-surgery-wait-list-would-reduce-number-accidental-falls-third-research-suggests<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00deessir tenglar eru veittir til \u00fe\u00e6ginda og eing\u00f6ngu \u00ed uppl\u00fdsingaskyni; \u00feau fela ekki \u00ed s\u00e9r \u00e1ritun e\u00f0a sam\u00feykki Vanguard Healthcare Solutions \u00e1 neinni af v\u00f6rum, \u00fej\u00f3nustu e\u00f0a sko\u00f0unum fyrirt\u00e6kisins, samtakanna e\u00f0a einstaklingsins. Vanguard Healthcare Solutions ber enga \u00e1byrg\u00f0 \u00e1 n\u00e1kv\u00e6mni, l\u00f6gm\u00e6ti e\u00f0a innihaldi ytri s\u00ed\u00f0unnar e\u00f0a \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ari hlekkjum. Haf\u00f0u samband vi\u00f0 ytri s\u00ed\u00f0una til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 sv\u00f6r vi\u00f0 spurningum var\u00f0andi innihald hennar.<\/em><\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

N\u00fdjar ranns\u00f3knir fr\u00e1 N\u00fdja Sj\u00e1landi s\u00fdna a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 hreinsa bi\u00f0lista fyrir a\u00f0ger\u00f0 myndi f\u00e6kka slysum um \u00feri\u00f0jung.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-procedures"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world - Vanguard Healthcare Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New research from New Zealand shows clearing wait list for cataracts surgery would reduce the number of accidental falls by about a third.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardhealthcare.co.uk\/is_is\/cataracts-are-the-leading-cause-of-blindness-in-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"is_IS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world - 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