Chronic glaucoma is a degenerative disease affecting the optic nerve and causing progressive eysesight loss.
This disease is often linked to high ocular pressure compressing and damaging the optic nerve fibers
Eyesight loss du to glaucoma is permanent and irreversible.
Without treatment, this disease can lead to blindness. Glaucoma is the second global cause of blindness.
Early glaucoma screening is fundamental for the treatment. The sooner treatment starts the more chances there are to cure the glaucoma.
It can be diagnosed during an ophtalmic consultation:
To help diagnose and treat glaucoma, the ophtamologist can run supplementary tests: Field of vision, OCT.
Treatment aims at reducing the intra ocular pressure. There are a few options available:
– medical treatment: usually, eyedrops
– laser treatment and/or surgery
Glaucoma is a chronic disease. Treatment aims at stabilizing intraocular pressure in order to preserve eyesight.
Treatment is rarely limited in time, it is most often chronic and once started must be followed for a lifetime.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
