Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause progressive damage of the optic nerve at the point where it leaves the eye to carry visual information to the brain. If left untreated, most types of glaucoma progress with neither warning nor obvious symptoms to the patient towards gradually worsening visual damage and possible blindness.
What is Glaucoma?
Despite being the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, 90% of glaucoma cases could be prevented if diagnosed early enough. Regular eye exams are the best form of prevention against glaucoma!
It is difficult to detect glaucoma during a single eye examination because often it is change that reveals the presence of the disease.
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