Glaucoma is an eye disorder which may damage human optic nerve. The principal cause supporting the damage is fluid buildup in the front portion of the eyeball. The buildup occurs as it should, because the fluid cannot drain. Glaucoma can lead to irreversible...
Glaucoma is an eye disorder that causes loss of sight with damaging part of the eye called the optic nerve. This nerve sends data from your eyes. When glaucoma damages your optic nerve, then you start to lose patches of vision, typically a side vision (peripheral...
Glaucoma is a build up of pressure inside the eye that causes damage to the optic nerve. Anterior chamber is the space in the front part of the eye. Clear liquid flows in and from the anterior chamber, this fluid bathes and nourishes nearby tissues of the eye. If a...
When you hear about glaucoma, many facts and thoughts must cross your mind. It refers to a group of eye conditions that affect millions of people and can be attributed as a major cause of vision loss that can ultimately lead up to total blindness in the absence of...
In medical terms, Glaucoma is referred to as ‘multifactorial optic disorder’ characterized by an acquired lack in retinal ganglion cells at levels beyond ordinary age-related loss and corresponding atrophy of the optic nerve. Too tough to understand! Here’s a simple...
Glaucoma and Diabetes are two distinct complex diseases. Although these two diseases affect human eye and insulin respectively but a person suffering from the latter one is at high risk of developing the former one. Let’s understand the relationship between diabetes...