Genetic Screening Tests for Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration

Glaucoma & Macular Degeneration DNA Analysis

Age related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness for people over 55 years of age in the US and glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness. Regular eye exams and awareness can greatly help in early diagnosis. If an individual has a genetic profile that predisposes him or her to Glaucoma, the disease can be treated if identified early enough. Once the disease has progressed, it is very difficult to treat or to reverse.

With Macular Degeneration, individuals can take preventative action to delay or avoid the possible onset. The disease is stress related and complicated by dietary deficiencies and other risk factors.

While Glaucoma is not preventable, early intervention is the key to successful treatment.

LabSafe offers a simple screening test, the Glaucoma & Macular Degeneration DNA Analysis. It is designed to help identify the risk factors that can adversely affect healthy eyesight with these two commonly occurring eye diseases.

Taking the test is virtually painless. All you have to do is swab the inside cheek of your mouth with a cotton swab. The few cells that collect on the cotton are then analyzed using advanced DNA analyses.

To purchase a Glaucoma & Macular Degeneration DNA Analysis test simply order online at LabSafe at http://www.labsafe.com/lab-tests/test/525/ or visit our website at www.labsafe.com

For more information, or to speak with a member of our professional Medical Staff, call LabSafe toll free at 1-888-333-LABS.

*Editor's note: My Mother has taken this test. My Grandmother (my Mom's Mom) struggled with the progressive loss of eyesight due to Macular Degeneration over the last decades of her life. This test identified that my Mom does indeed have the same genes and is at risk. She has shared the test results with her eye doctor and is now taking vitamins and changing her diet to help prevent the onset of the diseaese. Her eye doctor now knows to check for it at every doctor's visit and is keeping close watch. She thanks me for getting this test for her almost every time I talk to her and her new diet, vitamins, and latest news from the eye doctor are now regular topics of conversation. Fortunately for me, I inherited my Dad's genes on this because according to the test I don't have these same Macular Degeneration genes. I hope everybody who has a loved one with Macular Degeneration gets screened. It worked for my family.