Glaucoma is a grouping of correlated common eye diseases which could make a person blind. Several people having glaucoma are unaware of its presence since symptoms do not become apparent till harm has already been done to the optic nerve. Optic nerve conveys image to the brain from the eyes. Harm to the optic nerve occurs as a result of augmented fluid pressure within the eye. Primary open-angle glaucoma is among the most common eye diseases and its causes are still not totally clear. Even when there is no rise in eye pressure glaucoma could develop and this type of condition is known as normal tension or low tension glaucoma. Glaucoma Risk Factors: Being one of the common eye diseases, Glaucoma could develop in any person although the following individuals are at maximum risk. Those above  [...] 

Head author, Chenxu Yu, Ph.D helming a latest study reported the findings about inching nearer to a test which could positively transform the manner in which symptoms of glaucoma are diagnosed. Glaucoma is the second prevalent reason for eyesight failure and sightlessness affecting seventy million individuals globally inclusive of two million in the U.S. It is a collection of eye disorders which could harm the optic nerve that conveys optical information to the brain from the eyes. It generally is the result of fluid pressure building up over spans of time that exerts pressure on the optic nerve leading to its damage. Vision damage occurs with no apparent caveat signs that could caution the person into visiting a physician. It is not curable and leads to irretrievable vision loss. Physicians  [...]