What is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma (Kala Motia) is a group of eye conditions wherein either the optic nerve or the retina gets severely damaged due to pressure caused by various factors. In most cases, glaucoma is painless but keeps getting worse over time and it gradually damages the peripheral vision and then the central vision, if left unaddressed it leads to complete blindness. On time diagnosis and appropriate treatment play an important role in treating glaucoma but ways of preventing glaucoma entirely is still a pending research.
When to seek help?
Glaucoma symptoms can differ from person to person, and in some cases, there may be no symptoms at the initial stage. However, if you begin to experience:
- Gradual painless loss of vision, with patchy blind spots in your peripheral vision
- Severe pain with or without nausea, redness, blurry vision with coloured halos
- Worsening of myopia
- Series of short-span headaches along with severe eye pain.
Glaucoma in children
While it is difficult to detect symptoms of Glaucoma in children, please visit an Ophthalmologist if you see or suspect any of the following:
- A dull or cloudy eye (infants)
- Increased blinking (infants)
- Tears without crying (infants)
- Blurred vision
- Near-sightedness that gets worse
- Headaches
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What does our Glaucoma Clinic offer?
At Shantilal Shanghvi Eye Institute, we offer a range of diagnostic, medical, and surgical services that enable us to reach an accurate diagnosis and effective management of Glaucoma.
Diagnostics
- Tonometry
- Gonioscopy
- Pachymetry
- Disc Photography
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Visual Field Analysis
Treatments
- Medical (Eye drops, Oral medication, Lifestyle Modifications)
- Lasers such as the Yag Laser Peripheral Iridotomy
- Surgical (Laser trabeculoplasty, Trabeculectomy (filtering surgery), Tube drainage, Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
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