Glaucoma Eye Symptoms

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What are the symptoms of glaucoma?

Until the eye disease has progressed to a fairly advanced stage there are no symptoms noticed by patients except in the small subgroup of glaucoma from angle closure. In many cases over half of the optic nerve fibers may have been lost before any symptoms are noticed. Narrow angle glaucoma does cause eye pain but 95% of glaucoma patients have the other form referred to as primary open angle glaucoma which has symptoms of pain only in very late stages in the rare cases where treatment has failed.
However, as the disease progresses, a person with glaucoma may notice his or her side vision gradually failing. Objects in front may still be seen clearly, but objects to the side may be missed.

When glaucoma treatment fails and large amounts of vision have been lost patients will start to notice deficits in there side vision. This usually occurs when glaucoma has been diagnosed at a late stage due to lack of regular eye health check-ups or when patients skip medications on a frequent basis. Without treatment, people with glaucoma will slowly lose their peripheral (side) vision until they are left with a tunnel of vision. With time, even that will diminish until complete blindness occurs.

Because there are no real symptoms, early detection through routine eye examinations is an essential part of your preventative health care.

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