Glaucoma
By: Jessica Sperling
Glaucoma Symptoms
Symptoms of this condition aren't the easiest to pick out, they include headache, nausea, and vomiting, which are all pretty common things affected by the body. More noticeable symptoms would be the eye pain, blurred vision, and foggy eyes.
Glaucoma Vision
The lens in the eye has lack of fluid and also pressure being forced upon which creates a fog and slow vision loss.
Glacuoma Eye
The blue shadow is all the pressure being forced to the optic nerve.
Normal Optic Nerve vs Glaucoma Optic Nerve
The nerve on the right has a bigger opening because of the pressure appearing on the eye.
The Cause of Glaucoma
The main cause of Glaucoma is the failure of the eye to maintain an appropriate balance of the amount of fluid produced and drained away. Without the proper amount or amount drained away this causes pressure to be sent into the eye balls main system and creates slow vision loss. A cells job is to control the fluid and the drainage system, but in the case of Glaucoma the cells create a meshwork and don't do the proper technique.
Treatments
-Eye drops
-Pills
-Surgery (Trabeculectomy or laser trabeculoplasties)
-Eyeball gets taken out
Without any treatments you can become permanently blind.
Other Intresting Information
-Glaucoma can also appear in animals like Cats and Dogs.
-This affects the elderly population the most.
Glaucoma
Daily Life With Glaucoma
The main concerns with daily life would be the vision. Night vision is very off as well as taking the medication and eye drops if needed.