Glaucoma is a chronic and irreversible ocular pathology and causing vision loss and it is caused by increased intraocular pressure. But the evolution of Glaucoma can be slow, if diagnosed early way, so it is important to visit your ophthalmologist from age 40, especially if you have severe myopia or family history.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide and affects one million people in Spain.
The problem with this disease is that it is absolutely silent, so when the patient feels that something is happening in its view, it is too late. That is why early diagnosis is critical.
Many people think that the intraocular pressure is related to blood pressure, but both have nothing to do.
To determine if the patient may have glaucoma, the ophthalmologist examines the optic nerve and also makes a test, with a special machine, which is that the patient has to look at a particular point, so that the machine knows what are the possible dark areas of the patient's eye.
Therefore, 3 are the tracks that have the Ophthalmologist to determine if a patient has Glaucoma: If it has high eye pressure, if it has damaged the optic nerve and if they appear defects in the visual field.
But fortunately, today there is treatment to control glaucoma. Glaucoma can be stopped, but the vision that is lost can not be recovered.
Many people see in their eyes, small things, like small flies, but this has nothing to do with Glaucoma, those little "flies" are due to alterations in the "vitrio" -- which is a clear gel, covering most of the area of the eye and over the years, especially in myopic, undergoes degeneration and small lumps, making shadow on the retina and the patient sees something like small flies, cobwebs and similar things. But those things have not really matter, because the brain learns to ignore it and you can live well with this--.
I hope this post has been a help for you.
Till next time, kind regards,
Luis.
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