Can the retina be replace if damaged by glucoma.Is there a cure for glucoma.?
No the retina cannot be replaced and here is why: Loss of visual field associated with glaucoma is usually due to nerve cell death in the retina, which is part of the central nervous system. Once damaged or destroyed nerve cells cannot be replaced because the body does not generate new nerve cells. There is no cure for glaucoma, but here are some things you can do: If you have glaucoma, you’ll need to take eye-pressure-controlling medicine faithfully and correctly, says James McGroarty, M.D., associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at State University of New York Health Sciences Center in Brooklyn. Each time you insert the drops, close your eye for 60 seconds. That way you won’t lose any of the medicine. Drops are the traditional way to control glaucoma. But studies show that when people with raised eye pressure used a stationary bike for 30 minutes three times weekly for ten weeks, they reduced their eye pressure. In fact, the exercise worked as well as anti-glaucoma drugs. “Ele
