Glaucoma
Glaucoma and its Causes
Glaucoma is a condition which arises due to the increased pressure inside the eye, causing subsequent damages to the optic nerve resulting in a gradual yet silent impairment of vision. Optic nerve takes the image which falls on Retina to our brain and converts them into information. This structure is formed with millions of nerves.
Glaucoma is also known as a ‘Silent thief’ who steals one’s sight slowly without showing out any obvious symptoms. This condition usually presents without any pain, redness or evident visual symptoms in early stages, but once the advanced stage is reached and the patient realizes that his vision has got hampered, it will be so hard to get it repaired.
That is the major reason as to why glaucoma should be diagnosed as early as possible before resulting in irreversible complications.
Symptoms of Glaucoma
This gives no symptoms at its early stages. The vision will have small black fixed dots initially and become gradually large. The side image vision gradually disappears until total vision is lost with an extremely damaged optic nerve. However, following symptoms may give an indication of Glaucoma:
- Continuous redness in the eyes
- Pain in the eyes or forehead
- Severe pain with Vomiting and nausea
- Blurred or double vision
- A sensation of decreased or restricted field of vision.
- Feeling of blind spots or missed spaces when you look at something.
