What exactly is glaucoma?
• Glaucoma is a condition in which the eye’s intraocular pressure (IOP) is too high. This means that your eye has too much aqueous humor in it, either because it produced too much, or because it’s not draining properly. Other symptoms are optic nerve damage and vision loss. • What is glaucoma and how do you know if you have it? • Glaucoma is actually a group of diseases that cause damage to the optic nerve from abnormally high pressure inside the eyeball. The optic nerve is a bundle of more than a million nerve fibers at the back of the eye. Think of an electric cable that has thousands of wires and they carry images from the inside back wall of the eyeball or the retina to your brain. When that optic nerve deteriorates, it can create blind spots in your visual field usually beginning with your peripheral or side vision. Glaucoma is a leading cause of vision loss. It generally develops gradually and does not cause any symptoms or warning signs until you begin to experience problems wit
