{"id":284,"date":"2019-08-28T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2019-09-16T04:09:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:09:37","slug":"glaucoma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/resources\/eye-care-education\/glaucoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Glaucoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"284\" class=\"elementor elementor-284\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c24b1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c24b1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdc4ec7\" data-id=\"bdc4ec7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1df120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1df120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span>Glaucoma<\/span><\/h1><p><span>When fluid pressure within the inner eye increases and damages optic nerve fibers, glaucoma results. Glaucoma\u2014common in older adults, but occurring at any age\u2014is the second most common cause of blindness. It is called the \u2018silent thief of sight\u2019 because it gives no indications at all until the disease is very advanced, and once vision is lost, it can never be regained.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d22be39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d22be39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<var style=\"width:100%;padding-top: 2.25%;padding-bottom:56.25%;display:block;\"data-presentation=\"1f13fb0b-4c0c-475d-4481-40ac4a63450d\"><a href=\"\/\/showecho.com\/theater\/1f13fb0b-4c0c-475d-4481-40ac4a63450d\"style=\"display:none\">View Video<\/a><\/var><script type=\"text\/javascript\"src=\"\/\/showecho.com\/whitelabel\/embed_js\"><\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb355af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb355af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Symptoms of Glaucoma<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2224cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2224cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Initially, blind spots may develop, but these can go unnoticed until more extensive damage occurs to the optic nerve. The most common type of glaucoma, chronic open-angle glaucoma, occurs steadily over time and causes few symptoms. Another type, angle-closure glaucoma, results from a sudden build-up in eye pressure. If any of these symptoms develop, please call your doctor or the Medical Eye Center immediately:<\/p><ul><li>Blurred vision<\/li><li>Severe eye pain<\/li><li>Headache<\/li><li>Rainbow halos around lights<\/li><li>Nausea and vomiting<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715d3b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"715d3b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Treatment of Glaucoma<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b84f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b84f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three types of surgery for Glaucoma: Medication Drops, Laser Surgery and Filtration Surgery.<\/p><p><strong>Medication Drops<br \/><\/strong>Glaucoma is often controlled with eye drops. These medications decrease eye pressure outflow, by slowing the production of aqueous fluids within the eye. For these medications to work, you must take them regularly and continuously.<\/p><p><strong>Laser Surgery<br \/><\/strong>Laser surgery treatments may be effective for different types of glaucoma. Depending on the type of glaucoma you have, the laser is usually used in one of two ways to help reduce pressure on the optic nerve.<\/p><p><strong>Filtration Surgery<br \/><\/strong>When filtration surgery is needed to control glaucoma, miniature instruments are used to create a channel that helps relieve the pressure on the optic nerve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c4ec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"02c4ec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<var style=\"width:100%;padding-top: 2.25%;padding-bottom:56.25%;display:block;\"data-presentation=\"77c5bae0-4563-4789-4645-42d3491f4ce0\"><a href=\"\/\/showecho.com\/theater\/77c5bae0-4563-4789-4645-42d3491f4ce0\"style=\"display:none\">View Video<\/a><\/var><script type=\"text\/javascript\"src=\"\/\/showecho.com\/whitelabel\/embed_js\"><\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467f897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"467f897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Learn more about\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Glaucoma\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/glaucoma\/\"><span>Glaucoma.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glaucoma When fluid pressure within the inner eye increases and damages optic nerve fibers, glaucoma results. Glaucoma\u2014common in older adults, but occurring at any age\u2014is the second most common cause of blindness. It is called the \u2018silent thief of sight\u2019 because it gives no indications at all until the disease is very advanced, and once &#8230; <a title=\"Glaucoma\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/resources\/eye-care-education\/glaucoma\/\" aria-label=\"More on Glaucoma\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}