GLAUCOMA

WHAT IS GLAUCOMA?
Glaucoma is associated with the increase of intraocular pressure in the eye.

Facts about the disease

There are many types of Glaucoma Open Angle Glaucoma Caused by the slow clogging of the drainage canals, this increases the eye pressure There is a wide and open angle between the iris and the cornea Lifelong condition develops slowly that
African Americans are 15 time more likely to get Glaucoma than Caucasians

Has symptoms and damage that may not be noticed ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
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Caused by blocked drainage canals this results in a sudden rise in intraocular pressure Has a closed or narrow angle between the iris and the cornea Develops quickly Symptoms and damage are usually very noticeable

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GLAUCOMA IS USUALLY DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF A CHILDS LIFE

CHILDREN WITH GLAUCOMA

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PRIMARY CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA IS THE MOST COMMON HEREDITY GLAUMA IN CHILDREN. NEWBORN PRIMARY CONGENITAL GALAUCOMA IS THE MOST NOTICED AND THE MOST SEVERE.

Treatment Methods
Can include both surgical or medical. T

Animals can also develop glaucoma

STATISTICS ABOUT GLAUCOMA

More than 12,000 people in the U.S. are blind from Glaucoma Estimated that 2.2 million have glaucoma but only half of them know it Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world

Glaucoma has a great impact on the economy it accounts for 10 million visits to the physicians yearly

Resources for Families

Glaucoma Research Foundation www.glaucoma.org 251 Post Street Suite 600,San Francisco, CA 94108 (415)9863162 (800 8266693

Sources The eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group,Arch Opthalmol 2004; PreventBlindness America National Institutes of Health;Quigley and Vitale,Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1997