Glaucoma Services
Glaucoma Services
The specialists at Devaprasad Eye Hospitals provide world-class glaucoma treatment and care. The highly trained specialists have the skill and expertise to manage glaucoma, minimize its progression, and prevent blindness. The disease is often asymptomatic, and people may lose their eyesight without knowing it. But our groundbreaking treatments enhanced through state-of-the-art technologies and innovations make it under proper medical care and control. Appropriate treatment for glaucoma will prevent loss of sight in patients whose condition is detected early. Regular eye exams are an important way to detect the disease.
How Glaucoma Affects Your Eyes ?
Glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that damage the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the back of the eye to the brain. Although glaucoma may not have symptoms in the beginning, eventually, permanent vision loss can occur. Vision loss from glaucoma is irreversible; therefore, early identification, treatment, and consistent follow-up are important. Risk factors for glaucoma include age, family history, race/ethnicity, and increased eye pressure.
Glaucoma symptoms are usually a combination of:
• Severe eye pain and headache
• Gradually progressive dimness of vision without pain.
• Blurry vision, coloured halos around lights
• Redness of the eyeball
• Nausea (upset stomach) or vomiting
Glaucoma Testing & Diagnosis
The best way to test for glaucoma is through a comprehensive eye exam with an ophthalmologist. The examination includes an eye pressure test, evaluation of your angle (gonioscopy), and your optic nerve with dilation if appropriate. Depending on your examination, there are many other tests that the doctor may request, such as a visual field test optic nerve photograph and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT Scan)
Generally, glaucoma tests are divided into two groups:
• Assessing the structure of the optic nerve.
• Assessing the function of the optic nerve.
• Treatments offered
• Medical- Eye drops to decrease fluid production and increase drainage
• Laser Surgery to improve drainage
