Prevent Blindness Declares Fifth Annual Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week as Nov. 18-24, 2024 | PR Newswire [Video]

Prevent Blindness provides free educational materials on Thyroid Eye Disease, including a new patient-featured episode of the Focus on Eye Health Expert series, fact sheets, social media graphics and dedicated webpages.

, /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Prevent Blindness, the nation’s leading nonprofit eye health and safety organization, has declared Nov. 18-24, 2024, as its fifth annual “Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week.” TED, also known as Graves’ Eye Disease or Graves’ ophthalmopathy, is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system causes inflammation and swelling and stimulates the production of muscle tissue and fat behind the eye. This year’s TED Awareness Week is supported by Amgen, Immunovant, Inc., Tourmaline Bio, Inc., and Viridian Therapeutics.

“We are in an exciting time of offering hope and help to those with thyroid eye disease and their care partners, thanks to access to new treatment options and the development of new medications on the horizon,” said Jeff Todd…