a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight.
The trabeculum is a piece of the eye. A trabeculectomy is the removal of this piece from the eye. Glaucoma patients sometimes have to get this procedure done.
Glaucoma is not contagious.
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It is nothing but glaucoma prefixed with "PRE"
glaucoma is a diseses of eyes
glaucoma makes you permanently blind.
my brother is suffering from infantile glaucoma
It's Glaucoma. That is the common name.
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.
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.
glaucoma is inherited in an autosomal dominantpattern.which is dominant.