There are several types of glaucoma, and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common. Primary open-angle glaucoma is one of the leading preventable causes of blindness in the world, and it is the most common cause of blindness in African-Americans. Glaucoma is a condition that lea...
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...
Human aquaporin-4 (hAQP4), a protein that serves as a water channel in the cell membrane, was identified as a potential treatment for advanced primary open-angle glaucoma due to its involvement in the production of the aqueous humor (jelly-like fluid which gives the eye its shape) and its...
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...
Open-angle glaucoma With this form, fluid doesn't properly drain out of your eye’s interior, so your inner eye pressure rises, which results in a gradual reduction in your quality of vision. This can occur over a long period of time, so it may be difficult to detect unless you have ...
Open-angle glaucoma Primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG)is by far the most common type of glaucoma. Moreover, its frequency increases greatly with age and it is a chronic, not acute, disease. This increase occurs because the drainage mechanism gradually may become clogged secondary toaging, even ...
Open-angle glaucoma Primary open-angle glaucoma(POAG)is by far the most common type of glaucoma. Moreover, its frequency increases greatly with age and it is a chronic, not acute, disease. This increase occurs because the drainage mechanism gradually may become clogged secondary toaging, even ...
However, glaucoma-related eye damage can occur even when the fluid pressure is normal.In the most common form of glaucoma, called primary open angle glaucoma, fluid circulates freely in the eye and the pressure tends to rise slowly over time. Gradual loss of vision is usually the only ...
Studies on open-angle glaucoma have shown that many patients suffering from this disease are anxious, hypochondric, perfectionist and emotional instable. Chronic diseases are demanding processes of flexibility and defense, and define how the individual can deal with the diseases and what place in ...
If the nerve was already partially damaged by another form of glaucoma (such as pseudoexfoliative glaucoma or primary open angle glaucoma), the angle recession injury may accelerate optic nerve damage. The optic nerve may also be more vulnerable to pressure-related damage in those withdiabetesand ...