Test Your Health I. Q.

Vision Loss & Correction: Answers

1. What percentage of all blindness can be corrected (according to the National Eye Institute)?

a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 50% [Yes, that is correct.]

2. Eye diseases include the following: 

a. Glaucoma
b. Cataracts
c. Macular degeneration
d. All of the above [Yes, that is correct.]

3. Macular degeneration is curable.

   a. True 
   b. False. [Yes, that is correct.]

4. What is the leading cause of blindness in the United States for those aged 55 or older?

a. Glaucoma
b. Cataracts
c. Macular degeneration [Yes, that is correct.]
d. Diabetic retinopathy

5. What is the leading cause of blindess among African-Americans (according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation)?

a. Glaucoma [Yes, that is correct.]
b. Cataracts
c. Macular degeneration
d. Diabetic retinopathy

6. Refractive errors, the most frequent eye problems in the U.S., include: 

a. Myopia (nearsightedness)
b. Hyperopia (farsightedness)]
c. Astigmatism (uneven focus) ]
d. All of the above [Yes, that is correct.]

7. LASIK stands for:

a. Lazy Eye surgery
b. Laser in Situ Keratomileusis surgery [Yes, that is correct.]
c. Los Angeles Surgical Institute K

8. LASIK surgery corrects all eye problems

a. True
b. False [Yes, that is correct.]

9. According to the National Institute of Health, how fast is the number of Americans with age-related eye diseases expected to increase within 30 years?  

a. It is not expected to increase.
b. The number of Americans will double [Yes,that is correct.
c. The number of Americans will triple.

10. According to the National Institute of Health, mascular degeneration will soon take on aspects of an epidemic. 

    a. True [Yes, that is correct.]
    b. False