Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a gathering of eye infections that is typically portrayed by strangely high eye pressure that in the end prompts optic nerve harm. The optic nerve conveys visual data from your eye to your mind for handling.

The eye has a “seepage framework” that permits liquid to stream all through the eye. Assuming this waste framework is impeded, the liquid develops and eye pressure increments. Glaucoma is effortless and ordinarily has no advance notice signs. In a few intense types of glaucoma, patients might insight:

  • Severe headaches
  • Eye pain
  • Eye redness
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Blurry vision
  • Haloes around lights
  • Patchy blind spots
  • Tunnel vision


Glaucoma can run in families and principally influences individuals age 40 or more. Involving steroids for a specific timeframe and having serious eye wounds can likewise prompt the improvement of this condition. Medicines, like eyedrops, oral meds and meds, might be prescribed to lower or keep up with eye strain, and protect the leftover vision.

Since visual impairment brought about by glaucoma can’t be turned around, early location is critical to forestalling visual impairment. A yearly thorough eye test can assist with recognizing it early and slow or forestall visual impairment.