Progression of glaucoma to blindness
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This line represents functional blindness. This is a patient with glaucoma who if you leave them untreated they will hit that functional blindness line in their lifetime. If you treat them, they will still get worse, cos a lot of glaucoma patients still progress but the progression is massively reduced.
[DOC File]Telehealth Approach for Glaucoma Progression Monitoring
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Glaucoma is diagnosed with considering patients’ family history and by using clinical techniques, such as tonometry, ophthalmoscopy, perimetry, gonioscopy and pachymetry. Glaucoma is an irreversible blindness for the patients in late stages. The diagnosis at an early stage allows for therapies that slow the progression of the disease.
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• The damage that glaucoma does to the retina and optic nerve is irreversible. Return of vision occurs only if functional retinal and optic nerve tissue remains after the pressure is controlled. • The goal of glaucoma treatment is to control the intraocular pressures in order to alleviate pain and stop the progression of damage.
Glaucoma's blindness starts in the brain - Futurity
If left untreated, it can lead to blindness. An expert system would be useful to help doctors to make consistent diagnosis by integrating different experiences into the knowledge database. Besides diagnosis, other important outputs of the system could be the potential to evaluate the risk of glaucoma occurrence, its progression and when and how ...
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If glaucoma is left untreated, it can cause serious, permanent damage to the vision or blindness. There is no cure for glaucoma. However, the progression of glaucoma can be slowed and eye damage can be prevented. Medications – eye drops and oral medications – are used to lower the pressure in the eye, and these are often successful.
[DOCX File]GP Eye Health Network: Glaucoma, Mr I Massood
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Cataract progression is typically slow, with gradual loss of vision over months to years.4. Glaucoma comprises a group of disorders characterized by glaucomatous optic nerve damage and visual field loss. It is a significant cause of blindness in the United States and is the most common cause of blindness among black Americans.
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For people with vision impairment, this can include the cost of medicines to slow the progression of diseases like glaucoma, the additional costs associated with transport, such as using a taxi or needing a support person to travel with them, and the need for assistive devices such as canes and software that turns screen text into audio (screen ...
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