Glaucoma Management in Stoney Creek

What Is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a group of chronic and progressive eye diseases characterized by damage to the optic nerve. This damage often results from abnormal pressure building up within the eye, which prevents the optic nerve from sending visual information to the brain, causing vision loss. Glaucoma can result in complete blindness when left untreated and is one of the leading causes of blindness in Canada.

Glaucoma may not present any visible symptoms before vision loss occurs. But because vision lost to glaucoma can’t be recovered, identifying the disease as soon as possible is vital for preserving healthy eyesight. Routine eye exams are the best way to identify glaucoma early and slow its progress by managing it effectively.

Symptoms & Diagnosis

The sooner your optometrist diagnoses you with glaucoma, the more we can do to help prevent it from progressing. Since the pressure that causes most glaucoma is painless, an eye exam is the easiest way to detect this disease.

However, glaucoma may also produce the following symptoms before peripheral vision loss begins:

• Seeing halos around lights
• Strong headaches at frequent intervals
• Sudden onset of nausea
• Blurry vision when not crying
• Redness around the eyes

If you are experiencing any of these signs and cannot explain them, contact your optometrist to set up glaucoma testing.

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