Medical Units
Eye Pressure (Glaucoma)
HOW IS GLAUCOMA DIAGNOSED? Especially in the most common type of glaucoma called chronic open-angle glaucoma, if the intraocular pressure is not very high, the disease progresses insidiously without any obvious symptoms. Therefore, the diagnosis of the disease is made in its advanced stages. IS GLAUCOMA A TREATABLE DISEASE? Glaucoma is a disease that can be treated once diagnosed. However, if it is not diagnosed in time and the disease is damaged in the optic nerve and is diagnosed after reducing the degree of vision, the treatment will only help to preserve the current vision. It cannot bring back the lost. For this reason, patients can be easily treated by preventing vision loss if they are caught in the early period before vision loss occurs and the optic nerve is not destroyed.
Strabismus
What is strabismus? Strabismus is a visual defect in which the parallelism of the eyes is impaired and they look in different directions. While one eye is looking straight, the other may look inward, outward, up or down. Slippage may be permanent or occur intermittently. Sometimes the deviated eye may look straight and the other may glide. Strabismus is a common condition among children. It can also occur later in life. The distribution between men and women is equal. It can be inherited in the same family. However, in many people with strabismus, the relative with strabismus may not be detected.