Glaucoma– the leading cause of irreversible blindness in India, affects one out of eight people. According to doctors from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical College and Research (PGIMER), 40 million people in our country have glaucoma or are at risk of developing the disease. Explaining Glaucoma Glaucoma causes severe damage to the eye’s optic […]
Glaucoma Awareness Month: Types of Glaucoma, and its Treatment
Glaucoma has little or no initial symptoms. Half of those who have it are unaware that they have it. Glaucoma is a condition that causes fluid levels in the eye to rise, causing eye-sight to gradually deteriorate, mostly without alert. While the most typical glaucoma types mainly affect people in their forties and fifties, glaucoma can […]