Glaucoma Clinic
What Is Glaucoma?
Discover Island Eyecare for comprehensive glaucoma care. Glaucoma is a progressive eye condition characterized by increased intraocular pressure, leading to optic nerve damage and potential vision loss.
Our experienced team offers advanced diagnostics, personalized treatment plans, and regular monitoring to preserve your vision.
Visit Island Eyecare today for expert glaucoma care and safeguard your eye health.
Don't Get Caught Off Guard, Get Your Eyes Checked Often
Finding out you have glaucoma may initially come as a shock especially if you don’t have any typical characteristics such as a family history of glaucoma.
Helping you feel comfortable is our priority as we recognize that ongoing treatment for glaucoma can be overwhelming. Early detection is key since most types of glaucoma are slow progressing. The sooner we detect it, the faster we can initiate treatment and stabilize the condition. This is why regular comprehensive exams are so important in detecting these types of silent diseases.
Comprehensive eye exams are crucial for early detection and monitoring of glaucoma. These exams allow for the measurement of intraocular pressure, assessment of the optic nerve, and evaluation of visual field changes. At Island Eyecare, we prioritize thorough eye exams to catch glaucoma in its early stages and provide timely treatment, preserving your vision for the long term.
How Do You Detect Glaucoma?
The primary use of the visual field analyzer is to monitor glaucomatous change which allows us to better recognize and manage the condition. In combination with comprehensive eye exams, visual field testing allows for the detection and monitoring of glaucoma before it affects vision.
A field exam is one of our best methods to recognize the disease and then provide treatment early, preserving current eye sight as damage that has already been caused by glaucoma is irreversible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Glaucoma is a serious eye condition that damages the optic nerve, often associated with a build-up of pressure inside the eye. It’s a leading cause of blindness, particularly for people over 60 years old. Although anyone can get glaucoma, certain factors increase your risk:
- Age: People over the age of 60 are at increased risk. For certain populations, such as African Americans, the risk increases even earlier.
- Race: African Americans are significantly more likely to get glaucoma than Caucasians, and they are likely to get it at a younger age and lose vision more rapidly. People of Asian descent have a higher risk of angle-closure glaucoma, and people of Japanese descent are more prone to low-tension glaucoma.
- Family History: Having a family history of glaucoma increases your risk.
- Medical Conditions: Conditions such as diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure, and sickle cell anemia can increase the risk of developing glaucoma.
- Eye Conditions: Severe nearsightedness (myopia), eye surgeries or injuries, conditions that affect blood flow to the eye like low blood pressure, or having thinner corneas can increase the risk of glaucoma.
- Use of Certain Medications: Prolonged use of corticosteroids can elevate your risk.
- High Eye Pressure: People with high intraocular pressure (IOP) are at a higher risk.
Early detection through regular, comprehensive eye exams is key to preventing vision loss from glaucoma. If you fall into one or more high-risk groups, discuss this with your eye care provider, who may recommend more frequent eye exams. The experienced team at our Victoria Eye Care Clinic is here to guide you through comprehensive glaucoma screening and treatment options, if necessary. Contact us today to schedule an eye exam.
While there is currently no cure for glaucoma, early diagnosis and treatment can often slow or prevent further vision loss. The aim of the treatment is to lower the pressure in the eye with medications, laser treatments, or surgery.
Regular eye exams can help detect the disease early. The experienced team at our Victoria Eye Care Clinic is here to guide you through comprehensive glaucoma screening and discuss treatment options, if necessary. Contact us today to schedule an eye exam.
Yes, glaucoma is treatable. While it can’t be cured, treatment can help control the disease and prevent vision loss. Options can include prescription eye drops, laser procedures, or surgery.
Early detection is crucial for managing glaucoma. Don’t delay in scheduling an eye exam at our Victoria Eye Care Clinic. Contact us today to schedule an eye exam.
The visual field analyzer is a diagnostic tool used to monitor and diagnose conditions that affect the patient’s field of vision, such as glaucoma, stroke, brain tumors, or other neurological deficits.
Early detection and monitoring of these conditions can prevent further vision loss. At our Victoria Eye Care Clinic, we utilize state-of-the-art diagnostic tools like the visual field analyzer. Schedule an appointment with us today.