Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time. It’s often associated with a buildup of pressure inside the eye.
Glaucoma tends to be inherited and may not show up until later in life.
Glaucoma usually occurs when pressure in your eye increases. This can happen when eye fluid isn’t circulating normally in the front part of the eye. Normally, this fluid, called aqueous humor, flows out of the eye through a mesh-like channel. If this channel becomes blocked, fluid builds up, causing glaucoma. If you having a strong Family history of glaucoma or are at a risk of other eye diseases or diabetes you should check your eye pressure.
RISK FACTORS:
Glaucoma most often occurs in adults over age 40, but it can also occur in young adults, children, and even infants.
- Have a family history of glaucoma
- Have poor vision
- Have diabetes
- Take certain steroid medications, such as prednisone
- Have had trauma to the eye or eyes
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF GLAUCOMA?
There are two main types of glaucoma:
OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA.
Also called wide-angle glaucoma, this is the most common type of glaucoma. The structures of the eye appear normal, but fluid in the eye does not flow properly through the drain of the eye, called the trabecular meshwork.
Symptoms are:
- Patchy blind spots in your side (peripheral) or central vision, frequently in both eyes
- Tunnel vision in the advanced stages
ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA.
Also called acute or chronic angle-closure or narrow-angle glaucoma, this type of glaucoma is less common in the West than in Asia. Poor drainage is caused because the angle between the iris and the cornea is too narrow and is physically blocked by the iris. This condition leads to a sudden buildup of pressure in the eye.
Symptoms include:
- Severe headache
- Eye pain
- Nausea and vomiting (accompanying severe eye pain)
- Blurred vision
- Halos around lights
- Eye redness
- Sudden sight loss
If left untreated, glaucoma will eventually cause blindness. Even with treatment, about 15 percent of people with glaucoma become blind in at least one eye within 20 years.
HOW HOMOEOPATHY HELPS???
Homoeopathy shows wonderful results in managing glaucoma. The treatment prevents damage to the optic nerve if detected early and reduces the eyepains, redness and improves the blood supply to the eyes. Many medicines are there for the problem and for each person the medicine varies. Medicines are prescribed based on a detailed case taking which includes history of the patient, physical, mental plane and genetic predisposition. There will not be any toxic effects of medicine and it will boost up your immune system preventing its progression and reoccurrence.