Glaucoma Services

- A Department for comprehensive Glaucoma workup.
- A CARLZEISS - HUMPHREY FIELD ANALYZER, Applanation tonometer and stereoscopic Optic Disc examination.
* All Glaucoma interventions i.e. YAG Iridotomy Trabeculectomy & Combined surgery offered.
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases in which the pressure of fluid within the eye gradually increases to a level not tolerated by the sensitive tissues of the eye. The opticnerve, which carries visual images to the brain, is susceptible to damage from glaucoma. Such damage is irreparable, resulting in permanent loss of vision and complete blindness. Rarely, a weakly, structured optic nerve or poor blood circulation in the back of the eye can also cause glaucoma-like damage to the optic nerve, even if eye pressures are normal.
What causes glaucoma?
There is a fluid filled chamber in front of the eye called the anterior chamber. It is filled with aquous humour, which bathes and nourishes the tissues of the eye. For reasons yet unknown, if the drainage of the eye is restricted, pressure builds up within the eye. Unless this pressure is controlled by appropriate treatment, it causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve and other parts of the eye causing a permanent loss of vision.