Glaucoma

Glaucoma is an optical disorder that leads toward blindness if remain untreated. The problem is caused if the fluid drainage gets blocked. This blockage causes increase in internal pressure in eye triggering permanent damage to optic nerve initiating irreversible blindness. Glaucoma is of two types: one is acute Glaucoma and the second one is chronic glaucoma.

Acute glaucoma is a relatively rare disease, causes severe pain; blurred vision, nausea and vomiting are observed as acute symptoms and it demand major concern and immediate medical intervention.

Chronic Glaucoma is comparatively a common disease and out of 100 optical patients 655 are suffering from Glaucoma in its different stages. The common symptoms for this disease are minor headache and visual anomalies which may vary in intensity from one person to other.

Frequent requirement of changing of power is another major symptom for chronic glaucoma. However, people with chronic glaucoma may not have any major symptoms unless they lose most of the strength of their vision. That is why one annual check up for eye and its related features like glaucoma pressure are essential to track the strength of vision.

Treatment of Glaucoma consists of a wide range. It includes topical medical administration to optic surgery. In most of the cases eye drops, of different types, are used to maintain the fluid balance as well as to boost outflow of the fluid. In some specific cases some side effects of these eye drops are observed on the patients as side effects.

These side effects include lower heart rate, low blood pressure, bronchial cough problem, dizziness, lightheadedness, and asthmatic breathlessness. That is why unless the problem of internal pressure within eye doe not comes as out of control, these optic eye drops are never advised for administration with the patients.

That is why the problem of Glaucoma needs to be treated with care and intricacy. To prevent Glaucoma you can maintain some natural remedies like taking a regular schedule of exercise, avoidance of smoking and passive smoking effect, to avoid the triggers of food allergy and other cause of inhalant allergens.

In diet, one optic patient should include Vitamin A, C, E, Chromium, Zinc, Fish oil, and Rutin 50 grams per day to prevent/slow down Glaucoma.