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