Difference in Corneas May Affect Glaucoma Care

A new study indicates that African-Americans tend to have thinner corneas than Caucasians. »more...

How Serious Is Glaucoma?

In the U.S., glaucoma is estimated to affect 3 million people, with 120,000 becoming blind due to the condition. »more...

Who Gets Glaucoma?

As many as two and half million Americans have open-angle glaucoma with half of them unaware of this problem because the condition causes no symptoms. »more...

General Guidelines for Treating Glaucoma

Early treatment with medications, surgery, or both can nearly always maintain safe pressure of the aqueous humor, »more...

Angle Closure Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a disorder where pressure builds up inside the eye, causing irreversible damage to the optic nerve. »more...

Glaucoma Attack

Acute glaucoma, also referred to as an attack of glaucoma, is caused by a constitutional predisposition or a manifest narrow-angle glaucoma. »more...

Rest Assured With An Accurate Glaucoma Screening

An accurate Glaucoma diagnosis cannot be accomplished by a brief screening, like the ones given at health fairs. Free screenings are great and are able to detect people with high ocular pressure, they do not catch the cases of Glaucoma where the ocular pressure is normal. Ocular pressure can fluctuate throughout the day and some people with Glaucoma never have elevated pressure. »more...

Glaucoma Testing : How often?

Implants For The Treatment of Glaucoma

The answer to Glaucoma treatment when prescription eye drops are not successful. Between the backside of the cornea (clear covering over the front of the eye) and the lens, your eye is getting an internal bath. »more...

Symptoms and Treatment of Glaucoma

Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the internal pressure in your eyes increases enough to damage the nerve fibers in your optic nerve and cause vision loss. The increase in pressure happens when the passages that normally allow fluid in your eyes to drain become clogged or blocked. The reasons that the passages become blocked are not known. »more...