What Doctors Don't Tell YouOpticians are not properly testing for glaucoma, or high blood pressure in the eye, which affects about 2 per cent of people. As a result, only about a half of cases are ever detected and, of thes ...
Two or three years ago, I was told that I had glaucoma. At first, I had to use dorzolamide and timolol maleate drops twice a day. Last autumn, the eye consultant I visit every four months was rubbing his hands with pleasure,
When you ask your doctor, "Why have I got glaucoma?" you will usually be told that he doesn't know why, and that it is nothing to do with what you eat, drink or smoke, or the drugs that you may b ...
A leading ophthalmologist charges that with most eye disorders, the drug or surgical "cure" is worse than the disease ... ...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
A large number of glaucoma cases are the result of nutritional deficiencies. For example, it is often due to a weakened antioxidant defense system (Am J Ophthalmol, 2004; 137: 62-9). One study of patients with advanced-stage glaucoma found...
Just as we are advised to watch our blood pressure as we get older, the pressure within our eyes is equally at risk with advancing years. Changes in the ageing eye can lead to less-effective drainage of the clear fluid (aqueous humor) in the eye...
Laser and surgical treatments are available for glaucoma, but these are often aggressive, invasive procedures and, despite advances in technology, still second in line - after drugs - as a standard glaucoma treatment, or reserved for cases where...
While there are over 20 types of glaucoma, the term is most often used to describe primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), or chronic glaucoma, the most common form. In this condition, the aqueous humor - the nutrient fluid produced by the ciliary body...
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