Test Your Health I. Q.

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Lost Vision and Correction: Questions:

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

a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 50%

2. Eye diseases include the following: 

a. Glaucoma
b. Cataracts
c. Macular degeneration
d. All of the above

3. Macular degeneration is curable.

   a. True 
   b. False.

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
d. Diabetic retinopathy

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

a. Glaucoma
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

7. LASIK stands for:

a. Lazy Eye surgery
b. Laser in Situ Keratomileusis surgery
c. Los Angeles Surgical Institute K

8. LASIK surgery corrects all eye problems

a. True
b. False

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
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
    b. False