34^th European Diabetes Congress

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is generally defined as a disease affecting peripheral vision. Ageing patients are more prone to glaucoma but it can develop at any age. Optic nerve damage can lead to severe vision loss. The damage of the optic nerve is due to high intraocular pressure and if it is untreated then it will progress to vision loss with the initiation of unobserved blind spots at the edges of the visual field followed by tunnel vision and finally to blindness.