Category: Glaucoma

To understand glaucoma, we must think of the eye as a sink. The eye has a faucet and a drain. This faucet produces a clear, water-like fluid called aqueous humor. …

Glaucoma is a treatable disease. Glaucoma, however, has no cure. Glaucoma is defined by optic nerve damage. In a majority of cases, glaucomatous optic nerve damage is caused by elevated …

By Dr. Andrew Rabinowitz The following is a guide to glaucoma surgery. I have created this guide to help prepare patients for glaucoma surgery. It is intended to help patients …

There are several types of glaucoma. 1. “Wide” or ” Open” Angle Glaucoma 2. “Narrow” or “Closed” Angle Glaucoma 3. “Combined” or “Mixed” Mechanism Glaucoma Patients should know which type …

The goal in preventing and treating the risk of glaucoma, or the presence of glaucoma, is to lower the pressure in the eye, which we refer to as the intraocular …