Undiagnosed Glaucoma

Failure to diagnose Glaucoma

No early symptoms: This condition may have no early symptoms, and thus fail to be diagnosed in its early stages.

Undiagnosed prevalence of Glaucoma:

1 to 1.5 million (about half of 3 million Americans) for chronic glaucoma

Undiagnosed prevalence rate:

approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]

Undiagnosed prevalence statistics about Glaucoma:

The following statistics relate to undiagnosed cases of Glaucoma:

• 1,000,000 people have glaucoma and don’t realise it in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Medical news about undiagnosed Glaucoma:

The following medical news items are relevant to nondiagnosis of Glaucoma:

• Eye doctors can pick up a variety of diseases from an eye examination
• Latinos have high rates of eye disease
• Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because of it's multitude of symptoms
• New eye disease detection equipment receives FDA approval
• More news »

Undiagnosed Causes of Glaucoma

As part of Glaucoma diagnosis, consider whether any of these underlying medical Glaucoma causes may have been overlooked:

• Eye surgery
• Advanced cataracts
• Eye injury
• More hidden causes »

Undiagnosed Complications of Glaucoma

As part of Glaucoma diagnosis, consider whether any of these Glaucoma complications may have been overlooked:

• Optic nerve damage - Optic nerve damage results from too high internal pressure
• Blindness
• Motor accidents - from loss of peripheral vision
• Loss of peripheral vision
• More complications »

Undiagnosed Diseases

Read our premium medical health articles on topics related to undiagnosed conditions in general, not necessarily specific to Glaucoma:

• Failure to Diagnose
• Under-Diagnosed Diseases
• How Common is Failure to Diagnose?
• Conditions by Undiagnosed Prevalence
• More premium medical articles ... »

About undiagnosed conditions:

One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Glaucoma leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Glaucoma. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases.

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