Glaucoma-related questions
Glaucoma is a dangerous disease which can result into severe damage to vision. Many of the untreated patients are ultimately blind or at least visually severly disabled. If people become aware of it, are timely diagnosed and adop preventive measures; a large number of them can be prevented from being blind.
In thefollowing posts different aspects of glaucoma has been discussed.
- How glaucoma operation is performed?Treatments for glaucoma There are different ways to operate on glaucoma, which are briefly described below: Laser treatment Laser rays are used in a variety of ways to treat cataracts. Argon laser This type of laser is used to open holes in the trabecular mesentery. This operation is called ALT and SLT operation. This method… Read more: How glaucoma operation is performed?
- How open angle glaucoma is treated?
How is open angle glaucoma treated? The treatment of this disease depends on the stage at which the patient comes to the doctor. Nowadays laser treatment is first choice treatment at early stage of the diseases. Most patients can be successfully treated with a laser. By application of laser we open the closed pores in… Read more: How open angle glaucoma is treated? - How narrow angle glaucoma is treated?
How narrow angle glaucoma is treated? When acute congested glaucoma has been developed, thetreatment becomes almost impossible to treat. There are very few lucky ones whose eyes can be saved at this stage. If proper treatment is not given at this stage, then the eye becomes permanently blind. This attack should be treated urgently. Even… Read more: How narrow angle glaucoma is treated? - Is glaucoma really incurable?
It is commonly said that glaucoma cannot be cured and even if it is treated, the treatment fails! Is this true? There are actually many types of glaucoma, some of which are actually almost incurable. But the most important thing is at what stage of the disease the treatment was started! If treament started at… Read more: Is glaucoma really incurable? - How can I know that I have glaucoma or not?
Are there any symptoms of glaucoma? Because there are different types of glaucoma, the symptoms are related to the question that what type of glaucoma is present in the patient you are talking about. To understand the symptoms and treatment, glaucoma is divided into two categories, which are as follows: Narrow angle glaucoma Open angle… Read more: How can I know that I have glaucoma or not? - What is glaucoma?
What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease which is a major cause of blindness in many people. Glaucoma damages the optic nerve which transmits visual signals to the brain. In fact, the nerves that carry information from the retina to the brain stop working. The most important mechanism of this damage to optic nerve is… Read more: What is glaucoma? - What is the basic defect in open angle glaucoma?
Why does this disease occur? What is wrong with the eye? At the junction of both the cornea and the iris is formed a sieve called the trabecular meshwork. The picture below shows this sieve. In different patients, due to various reasons, the holes of this sieve become closed, which obstructs the drainage of aqueous… Read more: What is the basic defect in open angle glaucoma? - Symptoms of open angle glaucoma
What are the symptoms of this type of glaucoma? This type of glaucoma is extremely dangerous. A large of patients are present in our society but most of them have not been diagnosed. The most dangerous aspect about this disease is that even though the disease has progressed considerably, the patient does not have any… Read more: Symptoms of open angle glaucoma - What is the basic fault in narrow angle glaucoma?
Why does this disease occur? What is wrong with the eye? There is a filter at the junction of the cornea and the iris. It is forms a sieve which is called the trabecular meshwork. There is a system at this place that drains the material from the eye to the blood vessels. For various… Read more: What is the basic fault in narrow angle glaucoma? - Signs of narrow angle glaucoma: a type of glaucoma
The signs which are searched by doctor When the disease is just beginning, it is very difficult to diagnose. In practice, careful listening to the patient’s grief story is the most important thing that can lead to a diagnosis. At this stage, special to the patient’s history is the basis of the diagnosis. If the… Read more: Signs of narrow angle glaucoma: a type of glaucoma - Symptoms of narrow angle glaucoma: a type of glaucomaSymtoms of this type of glaucoma The symptoms of this type of glaucoma vary from patient to patient. Because the symptoms depend on the patient’s stage of the disease. In addition, some of the symptoms are those that can be seen only with the use of various instruments and there are many of the symptoms… Read more: Symptoms of narrow angle glaucoma: a type of glaucoma
- Argon laser اردولیزر کی یہ قسم ٹرابیکولر میشورک کے سوراخ کھولنے کیلئے استعال کی جاتی ہے۔ اس اپریشن کو ALT اور SLT اپریشن کہا جاتا ہے۔ یہ طریقہ اوپن اینگل گلوکوما کے علاج کیلئے مفید ہے۔
- Diode laserلیزر کی یہ قسم نیووسکولر گلوکوما کے علاج کیلئے استعمال کی جاتی رہی ہے۔ اب جدید تحقیقات میں سفارشات کی جا رہی ہیں کی اس لیزر کو اوپن اینگل گلوکوما کے علاج کے لئے بھی استعمال کیا جانا چاہئے۔ مصنوعی رستہ بنانے کا طریقہ مواد کی نکاسی کیلئے مصنوعی بنانے کے مختلف طریقے ہیں جو… Read more: Diode laser
- Yag laserThis laser machine is used to treat Narrow angle glaucoma. After-cataract which develops in eyes which have been operated for cataract.. In the following picture glaucoma is being treated. یہ لیزر مشین جسے Yag laser کہتے ہیں درج ذیل مقاصد کیلئے استعمال کی جاتی ہےَ: نیرواینگل گلوکوما کے علاج کیلئے۔ اس کے ذریعے آئرس میں… Read more: Yag laser