WHAT IS GLAUCOMA??

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Glaucoma is a progressive blinding disease. It affects 1.5 to 2% of people over 40 ys old and is one of the main causes of irreversible vision loss worldwide

When the pressure inside the eye increases, the optic nerve fibers are progressively affected. As the optic nerve is the link between the eye and brain to transmit images to see, when it is affected: the brain will not see the images and the patient will have many areas in his field of vision missing

AM I AT RISK OF GLAUCOMA??

Risk increases if:

You have a family member with glaucoma

Your age above 40

You are African, Hispanic, or Asian

You have refractive error as myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperope(farsightedness)

You had an eye injury

You took some drugs as Steroids for a long period

Your cornea is thinner than normal

You have Diabetes Miletus, Migraine, High blood pressure

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BEWARE GLAUCOMA CAN OCCUR IN CHILDREN

WHAT ARE GLAUCOMA SYMPTOMS?

Glaucoma may progress slowly and usually without any symptoms.

Many people are not aware they have the condition until they have significant vision loss

 Initially, glaucoma affects peripheral or side vision, but it can advance to central vision loss. If left untreated, glaucoma can lead to significant vision loss in both eyes, and may even lead to blindness.

Less commonly glaucoma attack may occur

Patient may have severe eye pain, nausea, redness in the eye, seeing halos or colored rings around lights and blurred vision

This is an emergency condition in which severe vision loss can occur quickly; You should see your doctor immediately.

THE BATTLE AGAINST GLAUCOMA

As Glaucoma is a chronic progressive disease, So your will a have a journey of controlling and following the disease in your whole life

Be Sure We will be beside you as friends in your battle against Glaucoma

We will start by comprehensive eye examination during which all eye structures are being evaluated. We will measure your vision, pressure of your eyes, examining your retina and optic nerves, examining the anterior segment of your eyes and the angle of filtration of the aqueous humor; the eye water

We will investigate your corneal thickness -Pachymetry- as people with thinner corneas are at an increased risk of developing glaucoma.

Then we will do Visual field Testing to check if your visual field has been affected by glaucoma In This test we will measure the sensitivity of different parts of your retina both centrally and peripherally by knowing the dimmest light you can see by each point of your retina

Photography of the retina and the optic nerve also will be done together with measurement of the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness by a machine called OCT

We aim in diagnosis and follow up of your condition at controlling the pressure in your eyes and halting or minimizing the damaging effect of glaucoma

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