Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

Getting an annual eye exam, and accurate blood pressure readings, are important for your overall health. Here's why.

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damages the optic nerve of the eye resulting in vision loss and eventually irreversible ...

Cortisol the hormone released due to stress might be a potential factor in increasing the risk of glaucoma Learn how higher ...

Dr. Kelechi Onyedi, the Assistant National Secretary of the Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), has called on all the levels of government to create awareness about glaucoma in order to reduce the ...

Glaucoma is an eye condition that damages the optic nerve, leading to irreversible vision loss. Glaucoma affects ...

Hopkins engineer Vicky Nguyen has spent 15 years studying how glaucoma progresses to figure out how to preserve patients' ...

Jipmer's glaucoma awareness campaign includes a walkathon, role-play, and lecture session to educate about prevention and treatment.

Glaucoma, caused by high pressure within the eye, affects some 2.5 million Americans and is the nation's second leading cause ...

With treatment, the lesions and pain should subside in three to five weeks ... Shingles can also cause increased eye pressure and swelling that might eventually lead to glaucoma—an eye condition that ...

Depending on the positions, size, and number of colobomas involved, the ophthalmologist can establish the cause of any visual disturbances (such as optic nerve damage) and direct the appropriate ...