Glaucoma: A leading cause of blindness that often has no symptoms : vimarsana.com

SHREVEPORT, La -- Glaucoma is a degenerative eye disease that can completely rob you of your vision. It affects around 3 million Americans and is a leading cause of blindness.
“Glaucoma is high pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve,” said Dr. Chris Shelby from the WK Eye Institute.
There are different types of glaucoma. One type is acute angle-closure glaucoma.
“That can cause blurred vision, headaches, nausea, vomiting. When the pressure goes up really, really high really quickly, that can cause those symptoms,” said Shelby.
The most common type is open angle glaucoma.
“The reason we call it the primary open angle is because anatomically, everything looks normal,” said Shelby. “And so, either too much fluid is being produced or not enough fluid is being drained out.”

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