What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a State of health of the eye where the pressure inside the eye (known as intraocular pressure) fluid increases.
If the intraocular pressure is too high for too long, this will cause damage to the optic nerve, vision loss and possibly the cécité.Glaucome usually occurs in both eyes, but often begins it first in one eye only.
Symptoms of glaucoma
Often, there is no symptoms in the initial step for glaucoma - like this glaucoma patient experience.
However, take note if occurs following eye health problems: Eye or painRed eyes face down the sensitivity in the light of an enlarged cornea Dilated cloudy vision students with colored halos that appear around lights frequent changes of sunglasses, which none are satisfactory inability to adapt to the eyes in dark rooms, such as the gradual loss of vision theatres device headaches
Treatment of glaucoma
Treatment of glaucoma is to standardize the influx and the drainage of fluid (aqueous humor) into the eye, to restore the normal balance of pressure internal and some yeux.Les medical and surgical approaches have high rates of success in the treatment of glaucoma.
Treatment of chronic glaucoma is managed with drops ophthalmic containing epinephrine or pilocarpine to help improve the flow of fluid, but may have adverse and headaches and blurred vision, as in the case of the pilocarpine.Utilisation epinephrine may cause tears, red eyes excessively and in rare cases worsening heart problems.
If chronic glaucoma is not responding to eye health drugs or ocular health drug side effects are too much to tolerate, surgery may be recommended.
There are two methods - trabeculoplasty and trabeculectomy.
