What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease that despairs the optic nerve. This nerve is responsible for carrying information from your eye to the brain, so when it gets damaged, there’s a high risk of losing your vision. While experts are still researching to determine the precise cause of glaucoma, the cases are divided into…
Glaucoma or kala motia causes damage to the optic nerve, and this happens due to the build-up of high intraocular pressure in the eye. In order to maintain healthy vision, the eye must properly regulate pressure by draining excess fluid. Glaucoma occurs when the eye cannot drain aqueous fluid, causing increased pressure in the eye and irreversible damage to the optic nerve. The…
The “Walk for Glaucoma Awareness” organised by Sharp Sight Eye Hospital was flagged off from its Swasthya Vihar (East Delhi) hospital. The aim of the event was to create awareness among people about the silent nature of glaucoma, an eye disease where the visual nerve gets damaged because of pressure rise within the eye. The…
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. It is a complicated disease in which damage to the optic nerve leads to progressive loss of vision. The optic nerve transmits visual data from the eye to the brain, and when this gets damaged, our vision suffers. The Internal Pressure of the Eye Usually, aqueous humor, the…
Glaucoma is a term that has always been associated as being one of the major causes of complete blindness in majority of people in the world. Since it is a disease that goes in hand with diabetes, people with high levels of sugar in their blood are more at risk from glaucoma than any other….
Cataract is in itself a troublesome disorder of the eye causing clouding in its lens and making it difficult to see things clearly. And to top it all, if the eye is also suffering from glaucoma, another fatal disease of the eyes then it becomes a tricky situation to treat such a condition. That is…