Glaucoma treatment comes in a variety of forms. You will hear people talk about having glaucoma drops and drops are still one of the first line treatments. There are also laser treatments and in the last three years, there's been a real new development in laser treatments for glaucoma and then surgery.
Surgical options for glaucoma come in a variety of different forms. The type procedure performed is done on a patient-by-patient basis.
Glaucoma in its earliest form is completely asymptomatic, you will not know at all that you have it. The only way for it to be picked up is when you have a pressure test which is reading high.
Glaucoma is a condition that becomes much more common as we get older. And because very many of us are living longer, because we are healthier, there are lots more people now with glaucoma. Usually, it affects people over the age of 50.
When you come for a glaucoma consultation, there are quite a few tests that you have to have. All of them are painless. It is important to know if you have glaucoma or not.
Glaucoma is a condition where the nerve at the back of the eye - the optic nerve - becomes damaged over time. That damage is irreversible.
