subject: Patients should be patient and follow up their doctor in the treatment of glaucoma [print this page] Glaucoma can be categorized into several groups and will not be easily detected if patients do no take some eye exams. It will cause great pressure within the eyes. And the result is blood flow and optic nerve will be greatly affected by this pressure as a result. Of course, this problem can now be treated, but time consuming. Contrarily, if no proper or early treatments are taken, sufferers may become blind ultimately. Here are some tips about rectifying this problem.
There are now some new medicines that are especially for glaucoma, like prostaglandins. It works perfectly with little complications. Some other widely used medicines vary little in terms effects, but in expense.
Before treating glaucoma, the thickness of cornea should be measured with certain means, like Pachometry. The thickness of cornea will affect the measurement accordingly. Sometimes, the result will be either higher or lower than the actual data. Of course, the higher the data is, or the thicker the cornea is, the worse the situation will be. Thicker cornea will lead to high risk of blindness.
The treatment of glaucoma is a matter of long time. And patients may find there are no obvious effects after curing for sometime. In fact, patients should trust their doctors, so as to make sure the treatment can be well operated.
If patients are going to receive laser surgery, some measurements on the change of cornea, especially the measure in an anterior angle, are urgently needed. During the surgery, such measurements should be frequent enough for greater safety.
During the treatment, patients should follow up their doctors, like nurturing good habits of taking medicines. Many people have failed to cure their eyes, due to their failure of taking medicines.
People in different races and ethnicity may bear different attitudes towards glaucoma. For example, patients in certain race are not likely to receive treatment though they have glaucoma.
In addition, some measurements should be taken on the change of optic nerve, especially the heads. It can indicate the progression of the whole treatment. This is because the optic nerve heads may be affected by some physical diseases, which may worsen the treatment of glaucoma.
Some patients fail to use eye drops as their eye doctors have suggested. Especially, if doctors require more times per day, the situation will become worse. Of course, this is also related to cost.
To be simple, the treatment of glaucoma is slow and is in need of time. And patients should make a preparation for long time treatment. For better results, new ways of treatment should be employed as soon as possible. Hold on and everything will be fine.
