is glaucoma dangerous? doctors cannot agree on diagnosis or treatment

Question

What happens if you cannot afford to pay for hospital/doctors treatment?

Answer 1

Yes: Glaucoma can result in vision loss and blindness if untreated. If there is no consensus on your diagnosis i would recommend that you see a fellowship trained glaucoma specialist. Your doc should be able to refer you.

Answer 2

Yes-untreated: Untreated glaucoma can lead to severe visual loss and even to total blindness. If you are having difficulty with consensus on a diagnosis you may want to reach out to an eye institiue; ie. Wills, bascom palmer, mayo etc.

Answer 3

Eye disease: Eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete blindness if untreated. It associates with increased pressure of the fluid in the eye

Answer 4

Eye disease: There are many types of glaucoma, but the final common pathway is the progressive loss of ganglion cells (faster than age-related loss) and resultant increase in "cupping" of the optic nerve, leading to loss of vision. The cause of glaucoma can be multifactorial and is typically divided into mechanical and vascular issues.

Answer 5

Impaired eye fluid: Glaucoma is a condition in the inside of the eye, in which the fluid (aqueous humor) cannot get out at a low enough pressure to prevent the pressure from causing loss of the nerves and blood vessels at the back of the eye which causes vision to be lost. Measured will be eye pressure, corneal thickness, visual field, and disc structure. These are all part of the diagnosis.

Answer 6

Increased pressure: It is associated with increase fluid pressure in the eye and causes damage to the optic nerve in a characteristic pattern.If not treated properly it can lead to blindness.

Answer 7

Glaucoma: Glaucoma is a family of conditions that cause withering of the optic nerve and corresponding defects in the visual field. It may or may not be associated with increased eye pressure.

Answer 8

Eye pressure problem: Glaucoma is an eye disorder that damages the eye’s optic nerve, which is the main nerve attached to the back of the eyeball. It usually happens when fluid builds up in the eyeball and increases the pressure inside the eye, thus damaging the optic nerve. Glaucoma is a cause of blindness for people over age 60. Blindness from glaucoma usually can be prevented with medical care.

Answer 9

Eye exams: Glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve caused by eye pressures that are too high for the particular eye. It is diagnosed by the eye doctor seeing the optic nerve having a special appearance, and then a test called a visual field test shows loss of vision in the outer part of the field. That is why we all should get eye exams starting at about 40 years of age.

Answer 10

Eye exams: Glaucoma is the irreversible loss of peripheral vision, diagnosed by a visual field and examination of the optic nerve and nerve fibers.. Glaucoma is classified by the angle formed near the root of the iris-- open or closed angle glaucoma, which are treated differently. Some forms of glaucoma have normal pressure and may be associated with sleep apnea, migraines, vasospasm or decreased blood flow.

Answer 11

Eye exam: Through a combination of tests including structural (disc photo, optical coherence tomography) and visual function (visual field) that demonstrates progressive damage to the optic nerve over time. Typically, measuring intraocular pressure is involved since it is our main treatable risk factor for worsening disease.

Answer 12

Eye examination : A comprehensive eye examination including a dilated funduscopic examination is essential to diagnosing glaucoma. Additional testing thereafter, if indicated, would also be performed. Many people diagnosed with glaucoma have no symptoms. A positive family history, traumatic eye injury, steroid medication use, inflammatory eye disease, congenital abnormalities, aging are among some instigators.

Answer 13

Many types: Typically the types are divided into "causes" or the "drain status" thus primary glaucoma vs. Secondary glaucoma (caused by something that is affecting the drain of the eye) or open angle vs. Closed angle glaucoma basically glaucoma can happen at various pressures that is damaging to the individual patient, so there is no pressure cutoff.

Answer 14

Many: Many types of glaucoma - classified into primary and secondary types. Specific types include congenital, traumatic, medication induced, inflammatory, angle glaucoma (closed, narrow, or open). Primary open angle glaucoma is common, and more common than we know because it can be generally silent in symptoms, which makes it difficult to detect without routine eye exams.

Answer 15

Yes: Yes, one of the symptoms.

Answer 16

Yes: Acute angle closure glaucoma classically causes severe eye pain (in and around) and a headache which can be over the brow. Sometimes narrow angles with intermittent angle closure can also cause headaches.

Answer 17

Optic nerve damage: Glaucoma is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete blindness if untreated. It is often, but not always, associated with increased pressure of the fluid in the eye.

Answer 18

Ongoing nerve damage: Group of eye diseases characterized by progressive damage to the optic nerve, typically with an eye pressure too high for the given eye, leading to slow visual loss over time. At end stage disease, all patients have a "cupped" out nerve due to degeneration of the retinal nerve fiber layer with corresponding loss of visual field.

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