Hello, today I am going to share with you about glaucoma, which is an unnoticed culprit leading to blindness in elderly people in our society.

Firstly, in brief I will tell you what is glaucoma? In simple words it is rise of the pressure inside the eyes , that causes damage to our optic nerve causing blindness( like damage to light source of camera rendering camera to be useless ).

Why glaucoma is a silent villian to our vision? Glaucoma in majority of patients has no symptoms at all. Sometime when patient first experiences complaint , already 80-90 percent of his/ her optic nerve is damaged.

How to catch this villian? Firstly, all individuals age more than 40 years ( especially is they are having diabetes mellitus or hypertension) must undergo 6 monthly intraocular pressure measurement at nearby eye hospital. Secondly, if you experience frequent changes in your near glasses like every 1-2 month you need to change your near glasses or you experience headache with one of eyes getting angry red and is paining, it is warning sign that you must visit eye specialist for ruling out glaucoma.Thirdly, if you feel like you are not able to appreciate car/ vehicle coming from side ( tunnelling of your vision) then you should visit eye specialist for screening of glaucoma.

How to fight this villian? If you get timely diagnosed of glaucoma, then you should put eye drops regularly without skipping as per prescribed by eye specialist. Timely follow ups should be attended by the patient as told by doctor .

At end I want to convey that never neglect glaucoma as it may cause irreversible blindness