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What is Glaucoma?

Contents
  1. Glaucoma: Introduction
  2. Types of Glaucoma
  3. Prognosis
  4. Complications
  5. Prevalence
  6. Other names for Glaucoma
  7. What causes Glaucoma?
  8. What are the symptoms of Glaucoma?
  9. Organs Affected by Glaucoma
  10. Can anyone else get Glaucoma?
  11. How is it treated?
  12. Society issues for Glaucoma
  13. Glaucoma: Introduction

What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is the general name for a group of common diseases that affect the eyes and can result in blindness if not diagnosed and treated ...more »

  • Glaucoma: Glaucoma is the term for a diverse group of eye diseases, all of which involve progressive damage to the optic nerve. Glaucoma is usually, but not always, accompanied by high intraocular (internal) fluid pressure. Optic nerve damage produces certain characteristic visual field defects in the individual's peripheral (side), as well as central, vision.
  • Glaucoma: Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises, leading to vision loss--or even blindness. (Source: excerpt from Are You at Risk for Glaucoma: NEI)
  • Glaucoma: Increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.
    Source - Diseases Database
  • Glaucoma: increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor; damages the optic disc and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Glaucoma: Introduction

Types of Glaucoma:

Types of Glaucoma:

Broader types of Glaucoma:

How many people get Glaucoma?

Prevalance of Glaucoma: 2,000,000 people are visually impaired by glaucoma in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Prevalance Rate of Glaucoma: approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Glaucoma: 1 to 1.5 million (about half of 3 million Americans) for chronic glaucoma
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Glaucoma: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Glaucoma: The most common form of the disease is open-angle glaucoma, which affects about 3 million Americans, half of whom don't know they have it. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology) ... It is estimated that nearly 100,000 individuals in the US suffer from glaucoma due to a mutation in the GLC1A gene, found on chromosome 1. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology) ... Nearly 3 million people have glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Are You at Risk for Glaucoma: NEI)

How serious is Glaucoma?

Prognosis of Glaucoma: Not reversible, but can be slowed.
Complications of Glaucoma: see complications of Glaucoma
Prognosis of Glaucoma: With early treatment, serious loss of vision and blindness can be prevented. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

What causes Glaucoma?

Causes of Glaucoma: see causes of Glaucoma
Risk factors for Glaucoma: see risk factors for Glaucoma

What are the symptoms of Glaucoma?

Symptoms of Glaucoma: see symptoms of Glaucoma

Complications of Glaucoma: see complications of Glaucoma

Onset of Glaucoma: can occur at any age

Can anyone else get Glaucoma?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Glaucoma

Glaucoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Glaucoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Glaucoma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Glaucoma: see treatments for Glaucoma
Alternative treatments for Glaucoma: see alternative treatments for Glaucoma
Prevention of Glaucoma: see prevention of Glaucoma
Research for Glaucoma: see research for Glaucoma

Society issues for Glaucoma


Hospitalization statistics for Glaucoma: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Glaucoma:

  • 0.11% (13,486) of hospital episodes were for glaucoma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 99% of hospital consultations for glaucoma required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 46% of hospital episodes for glaucoma were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 54% of hospital episodes for glaucoma were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 16% of hospital admissions for glaucoma required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Physician office visits for Glaucoma: 2,600,000 visits are made to a physician’s office for glaucoma in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Organs Affected by Glaucoma:

Organs and body systems related to Glaucoma include:

Name and Aliases of Glaucoma

Main name of condition: Glaucoma

Other names or spellings for Glaucoma:

Ocular hypertension, Raised intraocular pressure Source - Diseases Database

Glaucoma: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Glaucoma:

 

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