What is glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a group of diseases in which the optic nerve is damaged in a characteristic way. This results in a loss of side vision. Having a high eye pressure is definitely a risk factor for glaucoma but sometimes a patient can develop glaucoma even though his or her eye pressure is normal.

What are the symptoms of glaucoma?

It depends upon what type of glaucoma you have. Usually, glaucoma steals side vision without symptoms.

Glaucoma Vision

What are some of the different types of glaucoma?

Open-Angle Glaucoma	Closed-Angle Glaucoma

We broadly classify glaucoma into two types: Open-Angle and Closed-Angle. So what is “the angle.” The eye has a colored part which we associate with eye color. This is the iris. In front of the iris is a clear part of the eye called the cornea. (When someone has LASIK surgery to correct near-sightedness, this is done on the cornea.) There is a space between the iris and cornea which is called the angle.

What are some of the different glaucoma medications?

Glaucoma is usually treated with eye drops. Sometimes a patient may need an oral medication, such as Diamox. Listed below are a few of the more common glaucoma eye drops.

Laser Surgery

Laser Surgery	Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty	Laser Iridotomy