How long can someone with glaucoma last without going blind?

Pressures: This is dependent upon the pressure and remaining optic nerve tissue. If properly treated, glaucomatous vision loss can often be completely arrested.

Depends: It's based upon how much nerve damage has already occurred and the rate of ganglion cell loss. The earlier the intervention, the more likely the chance to preserve vision. It also matters how likely therapy can slow down the progression of disease in someone's expected lifetime vs. Losing sight from a complication of therapy or just age-related loss.

Depends: Really depends . Some people can go their entire life without noticeable vision loss while orhers have more immediate loss of vision.

Glaucoma : Is incurable, but treatable. Most people with glaucoma respond well to treatment which halts the progression of the disease. A few, however, progress despite treatment.

Variable: Some glaucomas are very slow to progress and others move rapidly. It depends upon how high the pressure is, how strong the resistance of the circulation at the back of the eye, and of course whether the problem is recognized and treated properly. Most with glaucoma do not go blind.