January Is Glaucoma Awareness Month!
Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness. January is glaucoma awareness month! Help us preserve people’s vision by helping us spread the prevention message this month!
Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness.
January is glaucoma awareness month! Help us preserve people’s vision by helping us spread the prevention message this month!
The term “glaucoma” refers to a group of disorders that damage the ocular nerve, leading to vision loss and blindness. Glaucoma is most commonly caused by ocular hypertension, or high pressure inside of the eye.
Typically, There Are No Early Warning Signs
What makes glaucoma so scary is that it often becomes a problem so suddenly. Most people don’t notice any warning signs or symptoms. However, with regular eye exams, we can check the pressure of your eye and monitor your risk.
Who’s Most At Risk For Glaucoma?
Though certain factors put you at a higher risk, it’s important for everyone to understand the risk factors. For example, glaucoma usually affects people in their middle age—and the elderly—but it can, and does, affect people within all age groups.
- African Americans are at a much higher risk, and that risk spikes as early as age 40.
- You’re at a higher risk over age 60, and even more so over age 80.
- Some medical conditions, like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease may increase risk.
- If you have a family history of glaucoma, you have much higher risk.
Diagnosing Glaucoma Early Can Help Preserve Sight
There’s no cure for glaucoma. However, when caught early, we can take steps to slow or halt vision loss. Often, treatments as simple as specialised eye drops that reduce the pressure building up inside of your eye can make a difference.
Contact Our Team:
If you are looking for any of below services, please fill the form below, one of our team members will get in touch to provide you with full facilitation:
1- Comprehensive Primary Eye Exam/ Consultation
- Consultation ::: Adult Eye Examination and Consultation
- Consultation ::: Children Eye Examination Refraction Consultation
- Consultation ::: Infant Eye Examination Refraction Consultation
2-Secondary Follow up Eye Examination and Consultations
- Followup ::: Examination under Sedation for Kids (After Initial Consultation)
- Followup ::: Dilated Fundus Examination(DFE)
- Followup ::: Cycloplegic Refraction and DFE
3-Diagnostic Eye Test
- Diagnostic ::: OCT
- Diagnostic ::: Angio OCT
- Diagnostic ::: Anterior Segment OCT
- Diagnostic ::: Pachymetery
- Diagnostic ::: Perimetery/Visual Fields
- Diagnostic ::: Hess Chart/Digital Squint Assessment/Digital Diplopia Test
- Diagnostic ::: Digital Colour vision test
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