Glaucoma is also known as eye pressure. Usually it is observing on people who are over 40 years old. It is effect vision and nerves. When a person loses side of vision there will be no chance to see again. Early diagnosis and treatment is very important to glaucoma. Our doctors can decide whether patients have glaucoma or not with all the latest technology equipment in our center.

Symptom of Glaucoma

SPatients might

• have headache especially in the morning.
• have fuzzy vision.
• see halo in the dark.
• have ache around the eye.

SFactors that improve Glaucoma risk.

Patients

• Have glaucoma in the family.(Genetic)
• Over 35 years old.
• Diabetes
• Anemia and frenetic shocks
• High – low blood pressure
• High myopia
• High hyperopic
• Migraine
• Long-term cortisone treatment
• Eye injuries
• Racial factors.

Patients who have some of those specialties are got more risk to have glaucoma. They should go to controls for early diagnosis.

How to diagnoses Glaucoma?

There are eye examination equipments to see is there any problems with optical nerves and eye pressure. Doctors plan the treatment with those results from the units. These are; Visual Field is using for to see is there any vision lost cause by optical nerve damage. OCT is analyzing optical nerves. HRT is analyzing nerves fibers and PACIMETRY is showing accuracy of those results.

"Görme Alanı"	"HRT" Optik sinir başı analizi yapar	"OCT" Makula ve optik sinir ölçümleri yapar

How to treat Glaucoma?

Glaucoma can be treated three different ways.

• Medicine treatment
• Laser Treatment
• Surgical Treatment

Medicine Treatment

There are many eye drops for glaucoma treatment. These drops have different effect mechanism to reduce eye pressure. Patient should use them in order for life time. A first drop is not success doctors will add new drop for patients. If those drops are not reduce eye pressure doctor may add third eye drop or change treatment method.

Laser Treatment

The method is using to patients who are not answer for medicine treatment. Laser is very effective method if the treatment is not late.

Surgical Treatment

Doctors open a small duct on white part of the eye. High pressured liquid is eviction inside of the eye from the small duct that human eye can not even see in the surgery.

What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is very sneaky disease that it may cause vision lost if it is not treated or late diagnosis. For this reason patients should go to control every year.

Glaucoma is a term that using for optical nerve damage. Main reason of glaucoma is high pressure in the eye. Disorder of optical nerve circulation, tissue injury or structural faults is also other reasons of glaucoma.