GLAUCOMA

• Glaucoma is progressive disease which causes permanent damages to
  • Papilla
  • Optic nerve
  • Optic field

• Main risk factors of glaucoma
  • Increased IOP (= intra-ocular pressure)
  • Age
  • Family history of glaucoma
  • Exfoliation Syndrome
  • Myopia

• Target of Glaucoma treatment
  
  • To prevent eye sight damage and blindness 

• So far the only treatment method is to lower IOP
• Can gradually steal sight without any warning or symptoms
• Incurable disease which can cause blindness if untreated
  • Blindness is ranked 3rd (after cancer + heart disease) as people's major fear
  • Glaucoma causes 9 - 12 % of all blindness

• Early detection is vital to stop the progress of the disease, but vision lost cannot be regained
• Most important, and only method to screen masses of population is rapid IOP measuring

More info about Glaucoma

» www.glaucoma.org
» www.glaucomafoundation.org
» www.wikipedia.org
» www.agingeye.net