The first sign is generally the loss of peripheral vision. There are two major types of glaucoma, although there are several categories of the disease within each type. Glaucoma and cataracts are often thought of as the same disease, but the two illnesses, while often seen together, are ...
Though glaucoma is the most common type of progressive optic nerve damage, it is not the only disease that can damage the optic nerve. Definition and overview Glaucoma is optic nerve damage caused specifically by pressure inside the eye putting too much outward stress on the eye’s walls and ...
Glaucoma and macular degeneration are both serious conditions that affect the eye and can cause vision loss. Learn more about the two forms of glaucoma and the two forms of macular degeneration, understand how they affect the eyes, ...
Once it was considered as a disease of elderly, but it is not so in recent days. Glaucoma is an eye disorder not a disease, wherein the optic nerve is damaged, if the extent of damage is progressed irreversible loss of vision may happen, now a days even the tender aged children are ...
What is a posterior subcapsular cataract? What type of disease is a macular pucker? What is bilateral refractive amblyopia? What is bilateral macular edema? What is the vision therapy for convergence insufficiency? Does macular degeneration cause blurry vision?
Glaucoma is an eye disease that can cause blindness. Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive disease involving damage to nerve fibers in the eye and the optic nerve, which transmits visual signals to the brain. Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, affecting about 3...
Glaucoma is not a contagious disease; you can’t get it from being near someone who has it. And there are no specific behaviors or environmental influences that are known to be causes of glaucoma. Even so, it affects close to 2% of the U.S. population over age 40, and anyone can dev...
Mickinnon, Stuart J
Is It COVID-19, Allergies, Flu or a Cold? These side effects and others vary among patients. A short course of oral corticosteroids for a rash is unlikely to cause issues, but the need for high doses for months or years to treat anautoimmune diseasewill likely lead to some of the sid...
What is ocular histoplasmosis syndrome? What are the symptoms of dry macular degeneration? What is the vision distortion called from a macular pucker? What type of disease is a macular pucker? Does macular edema occur in one or both eyes?