Glaucoma-Related Vision Loss Is Often Preventable, but Many Can’t Afford Treatment

Glaucoma-related vision loss is often preventable, but many can't afford treatment

It's as if she's squinting through a smoke-filled room. But it's Charisse Brown's eye condition, glaucoma, that diminishes her vision.

Glaucoma-related vision loss is often preventable, but many can’t afford treatment

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s as if she’s squinting through a smoke-filled room. But it’s Charisse Brown’s eye condition, glaucoma, that diminishes her vision.

Glaucoma, the Leading Cause of Blindness in Black Americans, Is Often Preventable. But Many Can't Afford Treatment. - Public Health Watch

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — It’s as if she’s squinting through a smoke-filled room. But it’s Charisse Brown’s eye condition, glaucoma, that diminishes her vision.Brown, 38, has worked all her adult life, with a personal policy of keeping two jobs at once. But when she started losing sight in her left eye last year, she was forced to quit her call center job. That left her with one income stream, her marketing research job, to pay her $1,300 month…