What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a disease of the eyes. The optic nerve can be damaged due to increased pressure in the eyeball. Though it cannot be prevented it can be treated and cured by laser techniques or surgery. If diagnosed early, blindness can be prevented.

Symptoms of Glaucoma

1. In initial stages there are no symptoms.
2. In closed-angle glaucoma, blurring of vision and sudden painful attack in one eye occurs. A cloudy cornea, nausea and vomiting, redness of the eye and a halo effect around the object occurs.
3. In open-angle glaucoma, both the eyes are usually affected by loss of peripheral vision, marked by blind spots.

Causes of Glaucoma

1. Rise of pressure within the eyeball, increases the quantity of aqueous humor (clear fluid inside the eye that supplies nutrients and carries away waste products away from the lens and cornea) that ultimately damages the optic nerve and causes blindness.
2.  People above 65 years of age, anyone with a family history of the disease, people taking B.P. medications or cortisone, severely near sighted and diabetics are at a greater risk, for developing glaucoma.
3. Sudden blockage near the iris cause extreme intralocular pressure that causes permanent blindness within a day or two. This is closed-angle glaucoma.

Home remedies for Glaucoma

1. There are no known home remedies for this eye disease. We recommend having your eyes checked up regularly if you feel strin or pressure in the eyes.