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Glaucoma: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Glaucoma is an eye illness that can damage your optic nerve. This damage is often caused by an unnatural high pressure in your eye. It is usually, but not always, the result of abnormally high pressure inside your eye. The optic nerve transfers visual information to your brain from your eyes. Over time, the increased pressure can destroy your optic nerve tissue, which may cause even blindness. If…

Glaucoma: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

What is Glaucoma?

The word glaucoma describes a group of eye diseases, characterized by progressive and irreversible damage to the optic nerve, which is responsible for the proper vision of the eye.

Glaucoma can result in blindness if it left untreated. The condition occurs when the eye pressure rises, i.e. the pressure maintained by the fluid in the eye, though sometimes some people can develop…

Definition:

Glaucoma is a group of disorders characterized by increased intraocular pressure (IOP), optic nerve atrophy, and peripheral visual field loss.

There are two types of Glaucoma:  Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma (PACG) and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG) (See diagram below for description of each):

Signs and Symptoms:

Open-Angle:  Few symptoms exist and it often goes unnoticed until peripheral vision is severely compromised.

Closed-Angle:  Is considered a medical emergency.  Symptoms are sudden and include sudden, excruciating eye pain along with nausea and vomiting.

Treatment:

Drug therapy, Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty, Trabeculectomy, and Iridotomy.