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The Eye Disease Glaucoma
Glaucoma is an eye disease where a person may lose vision very slowly. The vision loss takes place so slowly that it is difficult to notice. What vision is lost is generally permanent. It happens […]
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The Nuts and Bolts of Glaucoma
Glaucoma Nuts and Bolts By Lawrence A. Shafron, MD, FACS, Advanced Eye Care Center Glaucoma is an eye disease that slowly and painlessly steals away your sight. Glaucoma is called the silent thief of sight […]
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Advancements in Glaucoma Treatments: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
Advancements in Glaucoma Treatments: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Glaucoma is an eye disease caused by the failure of the eye to properly drain eye fluids, causing a gradual narrowing of the field of vision until patients feel […]
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Advancements in Glaucoma Treatments: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
Advancements in Glaucoma Treatments: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Article courtesy of RGB Eye Associates Glaucoma is an eye disease caused by the failure of the eye to properly drain eye fluids, causing a gradual narrowing of […]
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What is Glaucoma? Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
By Plano Eye Associates Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can lead to damage of the eye’s optic nerve and result in blindness. Open-angle glaucoma, the most common form, affects about three million Americans—half […]
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Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Options for Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can lead to damage of the eye’s optic nerve and result in blindness. With early treatment, you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. To detect glaucoma, your therapeutic optometrist will do several tests. One is a visual field test that measures your side (peripheral) vision.
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Glaucoma Nuts & Bolts
Glaucoma Nuts & Bolts
Courtesy Advanced Eye Care, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
Glaucoma is an eye disease that slowly and painlessly steals away your sight. Glaucoma is called the silent thief of sight because it has no symptoms—it does not make your eyes red or cause pain, but it is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S. Half of the people who have glaucoma are unaware they have the disease and are going blind.
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Treating glaucoma – Dr. Reddy, LIVING WELL Magazine
Glaucoma
By Satya Reddy, MD, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
The second leading cause of blindness, glaucoma has been called the “Silent Thief of Sight.” Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that, if untreated, can result in painless, progressive vision loss. […]
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Louisiana Cornea Specialists talk cataracts – LIVING WELL Magazine
Cataracts
By Satya Reddy, MD, Louisiana Cornea Specialists, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Welcome to another part in my ongoing series about the eye. As the summer winds down, I hope that everyone remembered to wear sunglasses while outdoors. […]
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Elite Vision on the early detection of glaucoma – LIVING WELL Magazine
Glaucoma: Early Detection to Prevent Vision Loss
By Dr. LeRoy Popowski, O.D., Elite Vision, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S. and it is estimated that over four million Americans have glaucoma, although many may not be diagnosed and recognize that their vision loss is preventable. […]