Number of blind persons in India is currently over 18 million i.e +1.8 crore.
Vision impairment is a major problem in India.
India is home to a third of the world’s blind population.
Globally, at least 1 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment that is preventable or is yet to be addressed, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
GUT-EYE AXIS
India is witnessing an unprecedented demand of #eyewear and #eyecare solutions & #startups, who are into these sector with hybrid business model, are really the toast of the startup-world.
However, what does this indicate from biological science angle?
What's beneath the iceberg of eye-issues?
As a scientific entrepreneur, it appears to me that gut dysbiosis due to weak gut-eye-axis, may be a crucial factor influencing the onset and progression of multiple ocular diseases, including -
Uveitis,
Dry eye,
Macular degeneration
Glaucoma.
Currently, supplementation with pre- and probiotics appears is the most feasible and cost-effective approach to restore the gut microbiota to a eubiotic state and prevent eye pathologies.
In future, nutritious gluten-free diet will play a big role in restoration of gut microbiota in celiacs as well as in people who are non-celiacs with compromised gut.
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