Question 1

does cappucinno cause glaucoma?

Accepted Answer

Coffee and glaucoma : Presumably your concern is the risk of caffeine causing glaucoma. The eye pressure raising effects of caffeine have been known in the literature, the effect is small and not a usual risk factor for causing glaucoma.

Question 2

what is the cause of glaucoma? is there any treatment

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Various: Simply put, glaucoma is any condition in which the fluids of the inside of the eye meet resistance to leaving the eye, and have to elevate the pressure to overcome that.  The most common cause is an age related drop in outflow ability. There are other causes such as trauma, various diseases, etc.  Treatment is by drugs, lasers and surgery to relieve the pressure - usually effective.

Question 3

what other than glaucoma can cause blindness?

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Long list needed: The most common causes of blindness worldwide are cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, corneal scarring, diabetic retinopathy, childhood blindness, trachoma and river blindness.

Question 4

can corticosteroids for keloids cause glaucoma?

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Steroid and IOP: Steroids like used to reduce keloids are often used in limited and local ways. Although class of drugs can cause a rise in the eye' s pressure, it would take sustained elevated iop to develop glaucoma. An eye md could help with the prescribing physician treating the keloids with steroids if will be more than a week or if multiple injections required.

Question 5

can prozac (fluoxetine) cause glaucoma to get worse?

Accepted Answer

No: It has no effect on glaucoma.

Question 6

can glaucoma drops such as combigan and lumigan cause ed.

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Not likely: Ed is not known to be caused by these eyedrops.   However you can reduce your risk of any side-effects if you employ naso-lacimal duct obstruction for 3-5 minutes after you instill the drops.

Question 7

what kind of diseases besides glaucoma can cause blindness?

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Many: Macular degneration, diabetes, retinitis pigmentosa, macular holes, retinal detachments, vascular disease and others...

Question 8

which type of diseases other than glaucoma can cause blindness?

Accepted Answer

Lots of dieases: Besides glaucoma, the most common causes of blindness in the U.S. Are diabetes and macular degeneration.  But there are thousands of diseases that can cause blindness.

Question 9

does over the counter meds for overactive bladder cause glaucoma, my sister read it in a magazine?

Accepted Answer

No: If you have a certain type of Glaucoma called Narrow Angle Glaucoma, you shouldn't take most medications for over-active-bladder because they can make this type of Glaucoma worse.  These medications don't cause glaucoma or make ordinary glaucoma worse.  Best wishes!

Question 10

what can cause the blurriness in glaucoma?

Accepted Answer

Vision loss: Blurriness can also be caused by extremely high eye pressure and corneal edema, inflammation, side effects from medications or surgery.  If your vision has become blurry you should definitely consult with your eye physician asap.  It may be reversible.

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