Glaucoma is one of the most dreaded conditions affecting the eyes. When a person first confronts the diagnosis of glaucoma, the world almost crumbles all around him. And not without reason! Over the hundreds of years of its history, glaucoma is known to causes relentless, painless, progressive loss of vision. It is one of the conditions that has dodged science….. we still don’t have a cure for it. It is the second most common cause of preventable blindness in the world.
But within lies a ray of hope for all of us! Preventable……yes…though permanent, it is preventable blindness. What is glaucoma? Also called Kala Motiya (hindi), Kach Bindu(Marathi), Jhamar (Gujrathi), causes gradual progressive painless loss of vision. There are myriad causes for glaucoma, some rare and some very common. Just like its many causes, there are many forms of glaucoma. In fact glaucoma is not just one…
