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The most common type of glaucoma, primary open-angle glaucoma, is hereditary. If members of your immediate family have glaucoma, you are at a much higher risk than the rest of the population. Family history increases risk of glaucoma four to nine times. Hispanics in Older Age Groups.
What else can I help you with?
Is glaucoma in hamsters contagious?
Glaucoma is not contagious.
What are the treatments for open-angle glaucoma?
Open-angle glaucoma is typically treated with eye drops, laser therapy, or surgery to lower eye pressure and prevent vision loss. Early diagnosis and regular monitoring are key. For more details on treatment options, visit Glaucoma Section On Kvitle Eye Care Website.
What are the treatments for open angle glaucoma?
For the treatement of open-angle glaucoma and other types of glaucoma please check: http://www.hfhut.com/glaucoma-the-silent-scourge
How can you use glaucoma in a sentence?
glaucoma is a diseses of eyes
What does glaucoma attack?
glaucoma makes you permanently blind.
What is Pre-Glaucoma?
It is nothing but glaucoma prefixed with "PRE"
What is the common name for glaucoma?
It's Glaucoma. That is the common name.
What will be a sentence of infantile glaucoma?
my brother is suffering from infantile glaucoma
What are the two types of glaucoma?
Chronic Glaucoma refers to open-angle glaucoma, where the increase in eye pressure happens slowly over time without obvious symptoms initially. Acute Glaucoma refers to angle-closure glaucoma, which occurs suddenly with severe symptoms like pain, redness, and blurred vision, requiring urgent medical attention.
Is glaucoma infectious?
Glaucoma itself is not infectious but sometimes glaucoma can be caused by a complicated ocular infections like keratitis that is caused by herpes virus. Complicated herpes virus infection can cause glaucoma.
Is Glaucoma dominant or recessive?
glaucoma is inherited in an autosomal dominantpattern.which is dominant.
What is the end result of glaucoma?
If left untreated glaucoma causes blindness.
