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Eye diagram showing glaucoma pressure

Silent Sneak Thief of Vision

Glaucoma

is a multifactorial disease causing progressive damage to the optic nerve leading to loss of the field of vision, mostly caused by fluid pressure buildup inside the eye (Intraocular pressure-associated optic neuropathy)

Eye test for intraocular pressure

Raised Intra Ocular Pressure

Abnormal optic nerve

Abnormal Optic Nerve

Normal vision

Constricted Peripheral Field

Glaucoma vision

of Vision

Air puff tonometer examination

Air Puff Non contact tonometer to record eye pressure

Who Are At Risk?

  • People of Age > 40 yrs
  • Diabetes
  • High Blood Pressure
  • High Myopia
  • Family history
  • History of injury to the eye
  • History of injury in the past
  • History of steroid drug use
Humphrey Field Testing
Visual Field Test Results

Humphrey Field Testing Detects Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma

Presenting the First

Glaucoma Detection Machine in Coimbatore

GDx Pro VCC

GDx Pro VCC machine

Detects Earliest Structural Change in Retina occuring due to Glaucoma

Doctor using GDx machine Normal vs Glaucoma nerve fiber analysis

Protocol for Diagnosing Glaucoma

  • People of Age > 40 yrs coming for an eye check up
  • Presenting with Systemic diseases and Risk factors
  • High Intraocular pressure recording
  • Suspicious optic disc appearance
  • GDx Recording / Humphrey field Analysis
  • Confirming the findings of Glaucoma
  • Treatment and follow up with Anti Glaucoma drops
  • Surgical treatment (Trabeculectomy) if the response to medications is unsatisfactory

Anti GLAUCOMA Eye Drops

Anti-glaucoma eye drops Applying eye drops Trabeculectomy surgical procedure
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