Protect Your Vision: Tips for Glaucoma Prevention
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The Value of Sight: A Lesson from Glaucoma
If a person has to appreciate the value of the blessings he enjoys, and really realize the great amount in which we enjoy the goodness and blessings of God on us; All he has to do is closing in kind for some time, and imagines how life will be after losing the grace of sight.
A Silent Disease: Glaucoma
The truth is that I tried this one time, when I was watching a movie touching a woman starting to learn how to manage her daily affairs after being blinded. It was not easy, as this heroine portrayed her suffering, and it is not easy for me even for a few minutes.
The grace of sight, as hearing, taste, touch, etc., does not realize its value except those who lost it or suffered from its loss from birth. There are many wrong life practices, as well as diseases, which can lead us towards blindness and vision loss; Including for example glaucoma.
80 Million People in Danger because of Glaucoma… the Second Reason for Blindness Globally
Galucoma is the second most common cause of blindness after white waters, affecting about 2% of adults all over the world. Its danger lies in being a silent disease, as its symptoms do not appear in the early stages, which unfortunately detects it at late stages, and the genetic factor may play a major role in its infection. Also, high eye pressure is one of the main factors that causes optic nerve damage, which leads to a gradual vision loss.
What is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause gradual damage to the optic nerve, which leads to the disruption of the transmission of signals between the eye and the brain. If the disease is not discovered and is treated in a timely manner, it may cause permanent loss of sight.
Knowing that there are four main types of glaucoma:
- Open corner glaucoma (80% most common)
- Cornering glaucoma (representing 20% of the total injuries)
- Congenital glaucoma (and appears from birth)
- Secondary glaucoma (caused by other diseases or specific medications).
The Effect and Spread of Glaucoma around the World
The goal here is not to scare people, but rather their awareness; These numbers are few compared to the numbers of people around the world, but their knowledge is necessary for caution and taking all the preventive measures that we address in a later axis.
With regard to the influence and spread of glaucoma around the world, there are 45 million people in the world currently suffering from open-angle glaucoma (Oag); 8.4 million people lost their eyesight due to glaucoma around the world.
How do the Symptoms of Glaucoma Begin?
In the early stages, the patient does not feel any clear symptoms; But with the progress of the disease, the field of vision begins to gradually from the parties. If not treated, it can lead to a complete loss of vision over time.
What are the Risk Factors that Increase the Risk of Glaucoma?
An important question; There are many factors that increase the risk of glaucoma, among them:
- IOP (the only treatable factor).
- Age.
- Family history of glaucoma (the descendants of patients are the most vulnerable to infection).
- African race or Latin/Speaking origin.
- Central cornea dance.
- Low in-kind water pressure.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- Persyan (myopia).
- Decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
- Bleeding in the optical disc.
- Increased ratio of the cavity to the optical disk.
- High standard deviation of the pattern in the visual field test.
How is Glaucoma Diagnosed, and What are the Methods of Treatment?
Doctors usually recommend a periodic examination of the eye, especially after the age of forty; Early diagnosis helps in controlling the disease and reducing its risks.
Diagnosis of several glaucoma requires tests, including measuring eye pressure; Measuring the thickness of the cornea; OCT visual nerve photography, and visual field test.
Regarding glaucoma treatments, the primary goal of treatment is to maintain vision and enable the patient to live a