OT in partnership with the AOP held its inaugural Glaucoma Day on 29 June, providing a series of webinar education presenting ...

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S.A primary screening tool for glaucoma is measurement of IOP. The ...

Among patients with suspected or confirmed glaucoma, higher average blood pressure and greater variability in blood pressure were associated with faster visual field loss, according to a study ...

This study helps to further clarify the structure-function relationship between retinal thickness and visual field testing results. In our previous work using a case series of glaucoma patients ...

Doctors test for multiple types of glaucoma by checking eye pressure using a piece of equipment called a tonometer. "The doctor will also perform a test called a visual field examination to ...

What's surprising for many is that glaucoma can impact anyone at any age. About 1 in 10,000 babies in the U. S. are born with glaucoma.However, risk does increase with age, along with other risk ...

Source Reference: Pham VQ, et al "Long-term blood pressure variability and visual field progression in glaucoma" JAMA Ophthalmol 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4868.

Since glaucoma is tricky to spot, everyone should have an annual eye exam that includes an intraocular pressure test, a visual field test and an optical coherence tomography test to help prevent ...

OT heard from optometrists on the role the profession plays in glaucoma services, and the potential that opening new avenues ...

Intraocular pressure, or pressure inside the eye that is undetected can lead to glaucoma and blindness. WebMD explains the causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of ocular ...

Over 4,000,000 Americans are living with glaucoma, many without knowing. ... After a couple of months, we repeated the visual field test and it showed no progression, ...

Higher mean blood pressure (BP) levels were associated with faster rates of visual field progression in patients with glaucoma, according to a retrospective cohort study. Among 985 patients, the ...