According to  Dr. Mayur Jawale, Best Eye Specialist in Chikhali, Pune, Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to your eye’s optic nerve and gets worse over time. It’s often associated with a buildup of pressure inside the eye. Glaucoma tends to be inherited and may not show up until later in life.

The increased pressure, called intraocular pressure, can damage the optic nerve, which transmits images to the brain.

Also, If damage to the optic nerve from high eye pressure continues, glaucoma will cause permanent loss of vision.

Without treatment, glaucoma can cause total permanent blindness within a few years.

Because most people with glaucoma have no early symptoms or pain from this increased pressure, it is important to see your eye doctor regularly so that glaucoma can be diagnosed and treated before a long-term visual loss occurs.

Further, If you are over the age of 40 and if you have a family history of glaucoma, you should have a complete eye exam with an eye doctor every one to two years.

If you have health problems such as diabetes or a family history of glaucoma or are at risk for other eye diseases, you may need to visit your eye doctor more frequently.

Although anyone can get glaucoma, some people are at higher risk than others. They include :

• Are over age 40
• Have a family history of glaucoma
• Have poor vision
• Have diabetes
• Take certain steroid medications, including steroid-containing eye drops, ointments, tablets, skin ointments, inhalers, native & herbal medicines, etc.
• Have had trauma to the eye or eyes.

If You are facing any symptoms or problems in the eye please call us for more details and treatment for Glaucoma. Dr. Mayur Jawale, Best Eye Specialist in Chikhali / Ophthalmologist in Pimple Saudagar, Moshi, Bhosari, Pune.