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How long does someone with glaucoma go before blindness?
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It depends: When properly treated, they usually don't go blind. Acute forms of glaucoma can cause severe vision loss over a few days to weeks. More chronic forms (most common) cause slow loss of peripheral vision and later central vision over years to decades.
Answered 8/21/2019
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