What is Glaucoma ?

Glaucoma is a term describing a group of ocular (eye) disorders that result in optic nerve damage, often associated with increased fluid pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure) (IOP).

The disorders can be roughly divided into two main categories:

Open-angle glaucoma

Closed-angle(or angle closure) glaucoma

Open-angle chronic glaucoma is painless, tends to develop slowly over time, and often has no symptoms until the disease has progressed significantly. It is treated by the eye specialist in Pune at MSEH with either glaucoma medication to lower the pressure, or with various pressure-reducing glaucoma surgeries.

Closed-angle chronic glaucoma ,however, is characterized by sudden eye pain, redness, nausea and vomiting, and other symptoms resulting from a sudden spike in intraocular pressure, and is treated as a medical emergency.

Glaucoma can permanently damage vision in the affected eye(s), first by decreasing peripheral vision (reducing the visual field), and then potentially leading to blindness if left untreated.