What is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye's optic nerve and gets worse over time. It's often linked to a buildup of pressure inside your eye. Glaucoma tends to be inherited and may not show up until later in life.
The increased pressure, called intraocular pressure, can damage the optic nerve, which transmits images to your brain. If the damage continues, glaucoma can lead to permanent vision loss. Without treatment, glaucoma can cause total permanent blindness within a few years.
Symptoms
There are two major types of glaucoma: primary and secondary. The Glaucoma symptoms for unexpected primary part, which is due to the eye’s inability to drain through the filtration angles of the eye, are as follows:
There are two major types of glaucoma: primary and secondary. The Glaucoma symptoms for unexpected primary part, which is due to the eye’s inability to drain through the filtration angles of the eye, are as follows:
- High pressure within the eye
- Cloudy appearance at front of the eye
- Dilated pupil – or pupil does not respond to light
- Vision loss
- Redness of the blood vessels in the whites of eyes
Glaucoma symptoms due to secondary eye infection or secondary glaucoma include:
Underlying reasons for this imbalance usually relate to the type of glaucoma you have.
Just as a basketball or football requires air pressure to maintain its shape, the eyeball needs internal fluid pressure to retain its globe-like shape and ability to see.
But when something affects the ability of internal eye structures to regulate intraocular pressure (IOP), eye pressure can rise to dangerously high levels causing glaucoma.
Treatments for glaucoma
In the majority of cases, initial treatment for glaucoma includes eye drops.
Compliance is vital for best results and to prevent undesirable side effects - this means following the doctor's instructions carefully.
Examples of eye drops include:
Side effects of eyedrops can include stinging, redness, eyelash growth, change in eye color and occasionally retinal detachments and difficulty breathing. If eyedrops are not effective enough, the doctor may prescribe an oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
You can also use generic latisse ( Bimatoprost ) eye drop to treat Glaucoma and Ocular hypertension.
Combigan contains a combination of brimonidine and timolol. Brimonidine reduces the amount of fluid in the eye, which decreases pressure inside the eye. Timolol is a beta-blocker that also reduces pressure inside the eye.
- High pressure within the eye
- Cloudy appearance at front of the eye
- Inflammatory debris visible in the front of the eye
- Possible constriction of the pupil
- Redness of the blood vessels in the whites of eyes
What Causes Glaucoma?
The cause of glaucoma generally is a failure of the eye to maintain an appropriate balance between the amount of internal (intraocular) fluid produced and the amount that drains away.Underlying reasons for this imbalance usually relate to the type of glaucoma you have.
Just as a basketball or football requires air pressure to maintain its shape, the eyeball needs internal fluid pressure to retain its globe-like shape and ability to see.
But when something affects the ability of internal eye structures to regulate intraocular pressure (IOP), eye pressure can rise to dangerously high levels causing glaucoma.
Treatments for glaucoma
In the majority of cases, initial treatment for glaucoma includes eye drops.
Compliance is vital for best results and to prevent undesirable side effects - this means following the doctor's instructions carefully.
Examples of eye drops include:
Side effects of eyedrops can include stinging, redness, eyelash growth, change in eye color and occasionally retinal detachments and difficulty breathing. If eyedrops are not effective enough, the doctor may prescribe an oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
You can also use generic latisse ( Bimatoprost ) eye drop to treat Glaucoma and Ocular hypertension.
Combigan contains a combination of brimonidine and timolol. Brimonidine reduces the amount of fluid in the eye, which decreases pressure inside the eye. Timolol is a beta-blocker that also reduces pressure inside the eye.
