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The main reason behind many people acquiring this disease is that it is SILENT and mostly does not have symptoms in early stages. By the time patients report with visual complaints, the damages which have already occurred in the eye are irreversible. Most of the cases are picked up on a routine eye examination by an eye surgeon. Though the disease is blinding, it is treatable if detected early.
The symptoms of glaucoma vary, depending on the type of glaucoma. These broadly depend on the exit channels for fluid inside the eye situated at the angle of anterior chamber of the eye.
OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA is the silent chronic variety. It does not have any symptoms in early stages and is mostly picked up during a routine eye examination by the eye surgeon. Later there can be a feeling of heaviness in and around the eyes, headache, and frequent change in spectacle number or even inability to see certain areas in the field of vision around us.
NARROW ANGLE GLAUCOMA can cause acute pain, redness, headache or seeing coloured rings around light bulbs. These symptoms are more during evening or in dim-light because the pupil dilates, leading to compromised exit channels for fluid to drain out and results in high pressure inside the eye.
SECONDARY GLAUCOMA can occur due to various causes like injury, inflammation, tumors of eye, haemorrhage, drugs like steroids etc. They can present with any of the above symptoms.
CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA is a condition where the exit channels are poorly formed since birth. Due to high pressure the cornea becomes opaque and eye may gradually become large. The child might complain of a decreased vision, glare, watering or enlarged eye. This requires immediate treatment.
