Who Will Get Glaucoma?

Anyone can get glaucoma.  Glaucoma is a significant cause of blindness worldwide and is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the United States.  Over 2 million Americans have glaucoma, but only an estimated half of those realize they have the disease.  For this reason, 900,000 victims in the U.S. suffer visual impairment, and approximately 100,000 more are legally blind from the disease.

The risk of glaucoma increases with age.  One in fifty Americans over the age of 35, and three in every hundred over the age of 65 acquire glaucoma.  Family background is also significant, since glaucoma seems to be hereditary.   People with diabetes, African Americans, and those who use forms of steroids, are at high risk.

• What is Glaucoma?
• Who will get Glaucoma?
• What are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?
• Types of Glaucoma.
• Diagnosis of Glaucoma.
• Treatment of Glaucoma.  

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Cataracts

Blepharoplasty

Glaucoma

Extraocular Muscles

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

Retinal Detachment

Ocular Histoplasmosis

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