What is glaucoma?
Author: Dr. Joel, Solano
Glaucoma is a disease that affects the eyes and causes vision loss. The scary thing about losing vision to glaucoma is that it cannot be recovered. Once the vision is lost to this disease, it’s gone. This is why early detection and treatment are so important. You cannot cure glaucoma and once you know you have it, you need to be under the care of a healthcare provider that specializes in eyes. As people with glaucoma age, the disease tends to get worse which is further support for the importance of regular monitoring by eye doctor. Initially in the course of the disease there may be no symptoms and as such glaucoma is often described as “the silent thief of sigh
