Glaucoma is more likely than other diseases to lead to blindness. Loss of vision occurs as a result of increased intraocular pressure and, as a consequence, damage to the optic nerve. The resulting blindness of glaucoma is irreversible. What are the symptoms of eye glaucoma? We learn the opinion of specialists.
How is glaucoma manifested - symptoms
Glaucoma at the initial stages of development can be diagnosed during the passage of an ophthalmological examination. Typical symptoms of glaucoma in the early stages are the following:
- "Fog" in the eyes after staying in a dark room or doing physical work;
- iridescent halos around the light sources, whether lamps, lanterns, etc .;
- pain in the eyes and okolaglaznoy area (the zone of the superciliary arches, the temporal part);
- a feeling of excessive moisture in the eyes;
- headaches like migraines;
- fast fatigue of the eyes and flashing of "flies".
Care should also be given to the frequent change of glasses.
All these symptoms can signal the development of eye glaucoma. It is desirable for all people after 40 years to undergo a preventive examination from the oculist. Doctors look at intraocular pressure. The change in the indices can be the result of a disturbance in the normal function of the eyes and metabolic processes in the eye tissues.
Types of glaucoma
The primary form of glaucoma is divided into 3 types:
- open angle occurs as a result of deterioration in the outflow of moisture;
- The closed-angle is connected with overlapping of a current of a moisture;
- mixed form of glaucoma.
Especially dangerous for eyesight is an angle-closure glaucoma . A characteristic symptom of closed glaucoma is the cyclic nature of the course of the disease - periods of exacerbation and improvement alternate. With open glaucoma, the symptomatology is practically not manifested, therefore the disease is often detected in the late stages.