Understanding Glaucoma Test Results: What do They Mean?
One of the leading causes of blindness is glaucoma, a condition defined as damage to the optic nerve cells. Because glaucoma has no noticeable symptoms, early diagnosis and successful treatment
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How Do I Know if I’m at Risk for Glaucoma?
Whether you’re aware of it or not, you use your full range of senses to interact with the world and each contributes to the richness of your life experience. However,
Spotlight on Glaucoma: Causes, Types and Treatments
Glaucoma effects anywhere between 2 to 3 million Americans and is the second leading cause of blindness, just behind cataracts. It’s suspected that more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma
Gauging Glaucoma: Causes, Consequences, Treatment Options
From John Milton to Whoopi Goldberg to Claude Monet, eye diseases affect people of all professions, backgrounds, and social statuses. The older you get, the more likely it is that
Glaucoma “The Silent Thief of Sight”
Neil Atodaria, MD What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a term used to describe a group of eye conditions in which the optic nerve is damaged due to an increase in
Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) : An Introduction
Glaucoma is a disease defined as optic nerve damage. The primary cause of this nerve damage is elevated pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure). Damage to the optic nerve can
Diagnosing Glaucoma: Conclusions
What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma represents a number of disease states all of which are defined by death of optic nerve cells. The most common cause of optic nerve cell death
Diagnosing Glaucoma
Simply measuring eye pressure does not guarantee a correct diagnosis of glaucoma. As we have stated, glaucoma is defined as damage to the optic nerve. Damage to the optic nerve
Common Risk Factors for Glaucoma
What are the most common risk factors for glaucoma? RACE: African Americans are at least 4 times more likely to develop glaucoma than caucasians. DIABETES: Diabetics are more likely than
Understand Glaucoma
To understand glaucoma, we must think of the eye as a sink. The eye has a faucet and a drain. This faucet produces a clear, water-like fluid called aqueous humor.