What is Glaucoma?
What is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of complex eye diseases, all of which involve progressive damage to the optic nerve. Affected people feel like they are looking through a tunnel that becomes increasingly narrower.
What Causes Glaucoma?
- Glaucoma is often but not always accompanied by high interior pressure in the eye.
- Risk factors include: increasing age, family history of glaucoma, diabetes, and myopia.
What Cures Glaucoma?
As the condition progresses without obvious symptoms, glaucoma is often only detected after the optic nerve has been severely damaged. Treatment is aimed at stopping further loss of vision; it cannot restore vision already lost.
Treatment:
For the different types of glaucoma, different types of treatment are indicated.
Treatment:
For the different types of glaucoma, different types of treatment are indicated.
- An eye operation or a laser procedure is often recommended.
- In some patients, ongoing, life-long medical treatment is indicated.
