What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is an ocular disease usually associated with pressure inside the eye that is too high for the continued health of the optic nerve. This increased pressure can damage the optic nerve, leading to progressively impaired vision.

Without treatment, people with glaucoma experience a loss of peripheral vision, followed by a loss in central vision and possibly blindness if left untreated.

Who is at risk?

How is it treated?

Although there is no cure for glaucoma, with early diagnosis and treatment, it can be successfully controlled and further vision loss prevented, or at least delayed in most cases.
The most common form of treatment is with eye drops, which typically must be used every day. Remembering to take your prescribed medication is absolutely necessary. Different eye drops work in different ways, your doctor will decide which will work the best for you. However, in some cases, patients may require surgery if medication fails to reduce their elevated eye pressure to a safe level.

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