A large number of individuals with diabetes suffer from loss of vision and distorted vision due to the effect of diabetes on the eye. The problem is called diabetic retinopathy. In the initial stages, diabetic retinopathy does not have symptoms…
Diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema Diabetes affects several organs of the body, like kidneys, heart, nervous system, and most importantly, the eyes. Patients having diabetes are at risk of several eye problems, some of which can cause vision loss.…
The Glaucomatous disease process has a devastating effect on the eye structurally and functionally. When the disease progresses despite best measures to control the eye pressure with medications, Laser and surgery, the disease reaches end stage. This is characterised by…
The surgical treatment of glaucoma is also called as Trabeculectomy. This procedure aims at creating a new opening for drainage of aqueous-the fluid inside the eye and maintains the eye pressure. The drainage system is called as angle structures. Initially…
This is a type of glaucoma which develops in eye diseases associated with development of abnormal, new blood vessels that break down and bleed easily. The diseases which cause development of abnormal new blood vessels include Diabetes mellitus, Retinopathy of…
Glaucoma is a disease process that affects the optic nerve- the nerve responsible for vision, as a result of raised eye pressure- Intra Ocular Pressure (IOP). Secondary glaucoma is a disease entity in which glaucoma develops as a result of…
This entity has been variously called as Congenital glaucoma, infantile glaucoma, Juvenile glaucoma depending upon the age of onset of the disease. The underlying pathology is the structural abnormality of the angle structures- the structures involved in the drainage of…
Glaucoma is a disease that affects the Optic nerve- the nerve responsible for visual function of the eye. The most important of the known risk factors is raised eye pressure (IOP). In some patients who had eye trauma, glaucoma can…
Glaucoma is commonly called as silent thief of sight. It is a disease which affects the nerve of the eye- Optic nerve which is responsible for vision. The underlying cause is believed to be the rise in intra- ocular pressure…