Glaucoma treatment

Only when the illness is found in a phase very advanced comes affect in a serious way the vision of the patient. This form of glaucoma is the one that is known like chronic glaucoma or of open angle, and is, with difference, the most frequent one.

Nevertheless, other rarer forms of glaucoma exist:

• Sharp glaucoma of narrow angle: It studies with an increment of the ocular abrupt and intense tension. It is given in patients with certain anatomical characteristics in the eye, that the predispone to that in a moment given a blockade of the exit of the watery humor be produced, with what the increment of the pressure is very fast. As opposed to the patients with chronic glaucoma, the sharp glaucoma studies with intense ocular pain, accompanied by queasiness and blurry vision. It is what was known old as "pain of the nail". This type of glaucoma supposes a sanitary emergency and tried immediate way.
• Congenital glaucoma: It is given in some newborns.
• Other types of glaucoma: Other forms of associated glaucoma to diabetes exist, traumatisms, medicines, etc.

How is it diagnosed?

The best treatment is derived from a diagnosis made as early as possible. 

In his surgery, the ophthalmologist measures your intraocular pressure using an instrument called a tonometer. In addition he examines the ocular fundus (back of the eye) to verify the state of the optic nerve...

In cases where the specialist suspects the early stages of the disease may be present, a more exact test, called computerised perimetry is carried out.

How is it treated?

Currently, the glaucoma diagnosed in a premature way and with an adequate processing has no reason to bring with himself a visual deterioration:

• Medical treated: It is the one that initially is established in most of the patients. It is based on the use of antihypertensive eye drops, that the person applies daily. He is a matter of processing that the person should utilize during all its life, since if they are abandoned, the tension be elevated again. From time to time revisions should be carried out to verify that the processing is being really effective.
• Laser: If the medical processing does not function, in some cases the laser is employed to facilitate the exit of the watery humor since the eye. They are the processing known as trabeculoplastia and iridectomía.
• Surgery: It is utilized when the previous measures have turned out ineffective. The employed technique is known like "trabeculectomia", and supposes the creation of a more extensive way of escape of the watery humor out of the eye