Glaucoma

What is glaucoma?

This is a disease of the most important structure in your eye : the optic nerve. In glaucoma, the optic nerve is damaged due to a variety of reasons.

What causes glaucoma?

• Open angle glaucoma
• Close angle glaucoma
• Low pressure glaucoma
  
  
  
  
  
  What are the signs and symptoms of glaucoma?
  
  
• Chronic glaucoma - very slow and painless reduction of vision
• Acute glaucoma - severe, sudden eye redness, pain and blurring of vision
  
  
  
  Diagnosing glaucoma
  
  
• By checking your eyeball pressure
• By examining the appearance of your optic nerve
• By using a computer to test your visual field
• By using high resolution imaging of optic nerve
  
  
  
  
  
  How is it treated?
  
  
• Eye drops
• Laser treatment
• Surgery
  
  
  
  
  How can you prevent glaucoma?
  
  
• Have regular eye check-ups if
  
  - You are over 40 years of age, especially if you are female and Chinese
  - Someone in your family has glaucoma
  - You have diabetes or high blood pressure
  - You are short-sighted or long-sighted