Glacoma
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date published 30/08/2007
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SummaryGlaucoma is an alteration where the pressure of the liquid that fills the ocular globe abnormally increases, beyond the eye can tolerate.
When this pressure, called intra-ocular tension, is bigger than the normal one, the risk of damages to the eyes increases.
Glaucoma is caused by the accumulation of the liquid, called watery mood, that circulates in the interior of the eye.
Table of Contents
- Glaucoma is caused by the accumulation of the liquid, called watery mood, that circulates in the interior of the eye
- Glaucoma will cause injury to the eye if not treated
- The patient generally does not perceive that he suffers from glaucoma
- Some patients will be able to feel come minor symptoms
- The risk of carrying glaucoma increases with the age
- Some simple rules must be followed by the carrier of glaucoma
- Already the surgery of glaucoma acute is drastic behavior of urgency and it does not guarantee the vision
- The patients who if take care of correctly however, carriers of glaucoma not severe, generally go until the end of its lives with a useful vision socially preserved.
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