Patient's question:
Recently, Mom has been saying that her eyesight is very blurry. I don't know if it's because she's getting older or something else. Her vision has also been getting worse, and she easily tears up. She's worried it might be glaucoma or cataracts. I want to know what the specific symptoms are?Doctor's answer:
A normal eye has a certain level of living and working pressure. When the intraocular living and working pressure is lower than the highest level that the eye can tolerate, a series of visual functional damages such as optic nerve damage, visual field defects, and vision loss are triggered, which is called glaucoma. The treatment of glaucoma includes medication and surgical treatment. The use of medication can increase the outflow volume of aqueous humor or reduce the production volume of aqueous humor inside the eye. The majority of patients can safely control intraocular pressure for several years with medication.