Just like with any part of the body, the eyes too can also experience problems and if you look after them properly, then certain problems can be avoided. But sometimes you can do everything to take care of yourself but there will still be times when something will creep up on you.

Glaucoma is a condition that is a terrible eye disease that can strike at any time and take away a persons sight. But whilst some conditions are easy to detect, glaucoma certainly is not, and at that stage the conditions cannot be reversed. So any loss of sight is generally as a result of the damage to the optic nerve.

A form of glaucoma is known as Angle Closure Glaucoma and its effects are much quicker also. It generally happens when the drainage canals become blocked and this puts an increased amount of pressure on to the eye.

If you have this type of glaucoma you will experience headaches as well as obvious eye pains.

When happens here is that the iris of the eye is not very wide as normal and vision is not very clear at all.

There are of course other types of glaucoma that are not as common and glaucoma can also affect infants and children. But this is very rare and if it is found within a child it is due to the condition being inherited. Signs that you should look for are enlarged eyes and cloudiness within the eyes.


Who is at risk?

Anyone can develop glaucoma and at any stage also, but people over the age of 60 generally to be more at risk than others.

The levels of treatments that are available can also vary and one of the most common forms of treatments is surgery.

Whatever, you should always seek expert medical advice on this condition.