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... Saipan Tribune SAIPANTRIBUNE.COM Thursday March 9, 2006 SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVES Volume 16 Issue 68 Home Write a letter to the Editor Search the Tribune: Advanced Search Local Sports Opinion Community Letters to the Editor Opinion A sneaky thief By David Khorram, MD Friday, March 10, 2006 Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett's untimely death this last week brought to mind the day in 1996 when he announced his early retirement from the sport.

He had woken up one morning in March with blurred vision, and by the end of that season, had retired.

What happened?

What caused Kirby Puckett, who led the Minnesota Twins to win two World Series, to leave the sport he loved?

What kind of disease can make such a thing happen?

The disease is glaucoma.

It is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States.

And it is on the rise here in the CNMI.

There are two scary things about glaucoma.

First, you can have it for many years without even knowing it.

It causes damage slowly and gradually over time, with no symptoms at all.

Glaucoma steals your sight away from you.

That's why it's often called "the sneaky thief of sight." Second, the damage is permanent.

Once glaucoma causes loss of vision, you cannot get that vision back-not through glasses or medicine or surgery or laser or diet or anything.

Glaucoma causes permanent loss of vision.The good news is that the damage from glaucoma can be prevented, but only if you know you have glaucoma and...

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