loading…
Doctors at Mayo Clinic in Florida and Minnesota are using a new technique to stabilize glaucoma and preserve vision.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that slowly damages the vision. A leading cause of blindness, it occurs when the eye’s natural drainage system fails to work properly. Fluid builds up inside the eye leading to elevated pressure that can permanently damage the optic nerve.
Patients with mild glaucoma usually are treated with eyedrops. For more advanced cases, surgeons can use lasers to enhance the drainage system or construct a new drainage system.
The new procedure, called Trabectome, can be more effective than drops alone but less invasive and safer than standard surgery. The surgeon uses a tiny probe to open the eye’s drainage system through an incision in the cornea.
“It removes a small portion of the eye’s natural drainage system so that it functions better,” says Rajesh Shetty, M.D., Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist.
A routine exam can help identify the early signs of glaucoma. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends an eye exam every two years if you’re between the ages of 18 and 60, and every year if you’re older than 60.
Click here to see a video explaining Trabectome.
Catherine Benson is a communications consultant in the Department of Public Affairs, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
cAN i DO ANYTHING FOR THE BAD GUALCOMA i HAVE IN MY LEFT EYE
Thank you for your comment. We are not able to provide a diagnosis or provide treatment without evaluating you. Below is a link to MayoClinic.com with more information about glaucoma and the telephone number of the appointment office.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/glaucoma/DS00283
Contact the Ophthalmology appointment office: 507-284-2744
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time Monday through Friday
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have additional questions.
Is there already a cure for glaucoma? Vision in my left eye is already very bad, was overlooked for a
long time. I am 71 years old. Taking only eyedrops. Intraocular pressure is normal again, below 15.
Best regards
ks
Hey there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this website with us so I came to check it out.
I’m definitely loving the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to
my followers! Great blog and fantastic design and style.
whoah this blog is magnificent i love reading your posts.
Stay up the good work! You recognize, lots of people are looking round for this information, you could help them greatly.
Hey would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re using? I’m going to start my own blog
in the near future but I’m having a difficult time making a decision between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for
something unique. P.S Apologies for getting off-topic but I had to ask!
This blog is using WordPress.
It’s awesome designed for me to have a web site, which is valuable for my experience. thanks admin