Glaucoma, Eye Disorders Cause Blindness

As cataract, glaucoma is eye disorders that can cause blindness. The difference, if cataracts can be corrected with surgery, glaucoma can lead to lifelong blindness. Health Survey 1993-1996 showed Sense year, 13.4 percent of Indonesia's population suffered blindness due to glaucoma.

Glaucoma is characterized by increased fluid pressure within the eyeball that after so many years can cause damage to the nerves in charge of sending nerve impulses to the brain and can not be repaired. Tail, the patient could not see at all because of progressive visual field constriction.

The experts can not yet know the cause of the majority of glaucoma and they also do not know how to treat it. Actually, if detected early, glaucoma can be controlled and prevent loss of vision. However, this disease must continue to be monitored for life.

According to experts from mayoclinic, glaucoma can be classified into two parts, namely chronic glaucoma and acute glaucoma. About 95 percent of people with glaucoma have a chronic disorder.

Chronic Glaucoma is characterized by loss of peripheral vision gradually 0secara. Chronic glaucoma is often going undetected for years, so people could lose most of sight without knowing it. The only way to mendeteksa early glaucoma is regular eye exams to the eye doctor, after you reach age 40.

It is now available various kinds of eye drops that work to lower eye pressure, either by increasing the secretion of fluid from the eye or by decreasing the production of fluid. Each has side effects.

Meanwhile, acute glaucoma has symptoms of blurred vision, usually in one eye, seeing halos (halo) around lights, pain in the eyes, and red eyes. Acute glaucoma is less common than chronic glaucoma. Most people with this disease have abnormalities that may have occurred since birth.

Attack of acute glaucoma can occur suddenly or occur after the initial attack occurred a few weeks or months earlier. The attacks often appear at night when the lights dim and the pupil dilated. You change your vision is blurred, it may appear as halos around lights, and eye pain.

Attack of acute glaucoma is an emergency that must be addressed in the hospital since the attack could result in loss of vision within hours or days after the attack. So, let's be aware of glaucoma attack, the cause of blindness.

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