Another kind of glaucoma, called closed angle glaucoma, typically has a sudden (acute) onset. In this type of glaucoma, the angle in the front of the eye where the drainage canals are located is not as wide as it should be and the edge of the iris bunches up over the drainage canals...
Signs and Symptoms of Glaucoma Glaucoma is one of the common causes of blindness. This arises with damage to the optic nerve often as a result of axonal compression with raised intraocular pressure (‘high eye pressure’). Signs and symptoms of glaucoma may vary depending on the type of glauc...
signs and symptoms of glaucoma There are basically two types of glaucoma, the open-angle glaucoma and the closed-angle glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma Painless and causes no remarkable symptoms on its early stage. Development of blind spots, or patches of vision loss, over months to years. The ...
Get regular eye exams.The sooner your doctor spots the signs of glaucoma, the sooner you can start treatment. All adults need to be checked for glaucoma every 3 to 5 years. If you’re older than 40 and have a family history of the disease, get a complete eye exam from an eye doctor...
Glaucoma Your eye is like a tire: Some pressure inside it is normal and safe. But levels that are too high can damage your optic nerve.Glaucomais the name for a group of diseases that cause this condition. A common form is primary open angleglaucoma. Most people who have it don’t hav...
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Glaucoma is characterized by a particular pattern of progressive damage to the optic nerve that generally begins with a subtle loss of side vision (peripheral vision). If glaucoma is not diagnosed and treated, it can progress to loss of central visionblindness ...
Glaucoma Signs The major symptoms of glaucoma include the sudden onset of visual disturbance, nausea and severe eye pain. In advanced stages, patients may eventually suffer from tunnel vision, vomiting as well as gradual loss of peripheral vision. Additional signs of this disease include reddening ...
In this form of glaucoma, pressures rise quickly because normal fluid flow within the eye becomes blocked. This happens when a structure called the angle (where the iris and cornea meet) closes.With both forms of glaucoma, lowering the pressure inside the eye decreases the risk that further ...
Your eye doctor will likely test you for glaucoma during every eye exam. Learn why this precaution is so important to this often silent eye disease.