The term glaucoma encompasses a group of disorders that cause damage to the optic nerve, leading to vision loss or blindness if left untreated. From Wordnik.com. [National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases] Reference
Simply put, glaucoma is high pressure in the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [pain] Reference
I think "celebrity glaucoma" is an outstanding turn of a phrase, Rich. From Wordnik.com. [Paris, not brilliance] Reference
More than 171 million people worldwide have diabetes and glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Invention to Help People with Glaucoma or Diabetes Save their Vision | Impact Lab] Reference
COHEN: People may also develop a condition known as glaucoma in their late 30s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2008] Reference
He has glaucoma, which is that most dastardly sort of condition: a pre-existing one. From Wordnik.com. [Metapost: On Health Care Reform « Motivated Grammar] Reference
About 4 million Americans have glaucoma, which is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
When these two factors coexist in their varying combinations, pathological increase of pressure results -- in short, glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Pigment dispersion syndrome, as you say, is a condition that can lead to glaucoma, which is optic nerve damage from elevated pressure within the eye. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2003] Reference
Doctors worried about long-term effects such as glaucoma and cataracts. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Going back to his roots] Reference
A thorough exam can lead to early detection and control or cure of eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy. From Wordnik.com. [President Proclaims Save Your Vision Week] Reference
Children and seniors get vision care, as do people with vision diseases such as glaucoma, or people who need eye exams related to other conditions, such as diabetes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Other types of cataracts develop from eye problems, such as glaucoma or after an eye injury. From Wordnik.com. [Emaxhealth] Reference
But previous studies of the lenses have reported complications such as glaucoma from the implantable lenses. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Also, their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs, was reduced. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Scientists identify risks of hypertension in young adults] Reference
Besides poor vision, there are vision-threatening diseases such as glaucoma that can be successfully treated if detected early. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Sun Home RSS] Reference
She said many eye diseases that animals contract are the same as those that people contract, such as glaucoma and retinal detachment. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner] Reference
The case may easily become one of hemorrhagic glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
According to the edema theory advanced by Fischer, glaucoma is. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
After a variable number of attacks glaucoma or cataract develops. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The third group are cases associated with glaucoma only as causes. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
I'm a glaucoma patient so I appreciate the 25% reduction in eye pressure. From Wordnik.com. [Heather Donahue: The New Marijuana Middle Class] Reference
Latisse (chemical name is bimatoprost) began life as the glaucoma drug Lumigan. From Wordnik.com. [Drug promises fuller lashes, but at what cost?] Reference
But the Latisse trial excluded patients who had glaucoma and other eye problems. From Wordnik.com. [Drug promises fuller lashes, but at what cost?] Reference
The enlargement of the anterior perforating veins is an old symptom of chronic glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
It would help to explain the cavernous atrophy of the optic nerve associated with simple glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Simple glaucoma has been recognized as closely related to atrophy of the optic nerve with deep excavation. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
A water solution of atropine or eserine should be used for the purpose of relieving the symptoms of iritis or glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This blocking of the angle of the anterior chamber must be regarded as an established fact in the etiology of glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Fully to understand the mechanism for its regulation would carry us far toward an understanding of the causes of glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
There seems to be a special liability to glaucoma among those residing at high altitudes, best explained by nerve influence. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
In reviewing the pathology of glaucoma it seems proper to consider the various structures and tissues of the eye in logical order. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
Because bimatoprost lowers eye pressure in glaucoma patients using Lumigan, it could have the same effect on cosmetic users of Latisse. From Wordnik.com. [Drug promises fuller lashes, but at what cost?] Reference
Such affinity increased by the impairment of the intra-ocular circulation, may well constitute a factor making for malignancy in glaucoma. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
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