sight & mentality

today 9/october is the world sight day every year the WHO tries with other sight realted organizations to put on goals to acheive every year to fall down the number of the blind ppl every year..see this paper for the WHO this year.......
Worldwide, 45 million people are blind, the great majority of whom are
over 50 years of age, but in over three-quarters of cases, especially those
affecting older people, the sight loss results from preventable or treatable
causes (otherwise known as avoidable) - 75% of blindness is avoidable.
- 80% of blind people are over 50 years of age
- Cataract is the world's greatest cause of blindness, yet its cure is
well-known, fast and one of the most cost-effective of all health
interventions
- Timely intervention can preserve sight, so regular eye tests for older
people are essential
The emerging danger to ageing eyes - diabetic retinopathy
At least 171 million people worldwide have diabetes mellitus. This figure
is likely to more than double to an estimated 366 million by 2030, with the
greatest proportionate increase occurring in medium and low-income countries.
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes and has now
become a leading cause of new-onset blindness in many industrialised
countries and an increasingly frequent cause of blindness elsewhere.
Whereas most people with diabetes in industrialised countries are above
the age of retirement, in developing countries those most frequently affected
are much younger, in the 'working' age group between 35 and 64. People in
this situation will be affected by their condition for far longer, for
example living with the resulting sight loss for twenty years or more. The
steep global increase in diabetes will occur because of population ageing and
growth, and because of increasing trends towards obesity, unhealthy diets and
sedentary lifestyles.
Studies have shown that, with good management, many of the complications
of diabetes can be prevented or delayed. Effective management includes
lifestyle measures such as a healthy diet, physical activity, maintaining
appropriate weight and not smoking. Medication often has an important role to
play, particularly for the control of blood glucose, blood pressure and blood
lipids.


so please take care of your heakth as you can save your sight.........may be you don't know that i wish to be a sight saver one day ...........so i hope no more sight loss in this world ....in fact i dream of that day in which no mor eblind ppl in this world .........

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10/10 of every year is the wolrd day of mental health.......as i knew in the WHO definition that there're n o one who 's completly fit in mentalaty,so in libya we rally need more care of mental health , in fact libyans or arabs as all think that who go to a psychitrist or a psychologist is a mad person & of sure he's not .........
as alibyan i know alot of ppl who really need visits to a psycholgist at least from time to time even cuz of studying stress or any cirumstances but he can't ...we all must belive that we all need psychologists & specially those who suffer,& what really made me boil that alot of libyan families are hiding those members of it that sufferes at home as if they are something to shame of ??? those ppl must shame of their selves not the sickeness & really they are sick ppl too as they couldn't face the normal life proplems & ttried ti hide them............

PLEASE DON'T HIDE ANY ONE WHO NEEDS TO VISIT A PSYCHOLOGIST OR EVEN A PSYCHITRIST...THIS VIVSIT TO THE DR'S CAN CHANGE HIS LIFE COMPLETELY & EVEN YOU.........