Posted in Low Vision • Tags: brain tumors, dystrophies, Glaucoma, head injury, heredity, Low Vision, stroke
* Are you having trouble recognizing faces you know are familiar?
* When you are reading, do the letters seem distorted or appear to be broken?
* Are you having trouble seeing obstacles below you like steps and curbs or around you such as walls or furniture?
If you’ve been experiencing one or more of these types of vision problems, you may have a condition called Low Vision.
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Posted on January 4, 2008 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!
Posted in Eye Problems, Glaucoma, Symptoms • Tags: , Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma, aqueous fluid, Glaucoma, optic nerve fibers
What is Glaucoma?
When it seems your world is closing in on you, it may be Glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the optic nerve slowly deteriorates. As this nerve deteriorates, diminished side or peripheral vision is usually the first noticeable symptom. Unfortunately, by the time the peripheral vision is affected, Glaucoma has already taken hold.
This eye disease is a major cause of blindness because once the optic nerve has been damaged there is no known treatment capable of repairing it. A build-up of pressure in the eye generally triggers Glaucoma. In order to focus light and deliver a sharp image to the retina, the pressure inside the eye must always be maintained which enables the eye to maintain its shape.
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Posted on January 2, 2008 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are 1 lonesome comment
Posted in Glaucoma • Tags: Eye Problems, Glaucoma, gonioscope, opthalmoscope, tonometer
What is Glaucoma?
When it seems your world is closing in on you, it may be Glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the optic nerve slowly deteriorates. As this nerve deteriorates, diminished side or peripheral vision is usually the first noticeable symptom. Unfortunately, by the time the peripheral vision is affected, Glaucoma has already taken hold.
This eye disease is a major cause of blindness because once the optic nerve has been damaged there is no known treatment capable of repairing it. A build-up of pressure in the eye generally triggers Glaucoma. In order to focus light and deliver a sharp image to the retina, the pressure inside the eye must always be maintained which enables the eye to maintain its shape.
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by HART (1-800-HART) • There are no comments, hop to it!