1. Glaucoma: A leading cause of blindness.
- Author
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Spaeth, George, Myers, Jonathan, and Katz, L. Jay
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GLAUCOMA , *BLINDNESS , *EYE care , *ANGLE-closure glaucoma , *BLIND people , *EYE diseases - Abstract
This article reports that glaucoma makes more people blind than any other condition except cataract. Glaucoma kills sight permanently. The really awful thing is that almost none of the 66 million people who are blind in both eyes from glaucoma needed to lose their sight. One of the most common types of glaucoma in the world, angle-closure glaucoma, is totally preventable. All one needs to do is recognize a person who is at risk for getting angle-closure glaucoma and treat the person with a laser. The laser treatment is both effective and safe.
- Published
- 2005