What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is defined as a disease of the optic nerve, in which the nerve cells in the front of the optic nerve die.
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Glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that affect the optic nerve and involves a loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern. It is a type of optic neuropathy. Raised intraocular pressure is a risk factor for developing glaucoma, it is not contagious.
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Glaucoma: High fluid pressure inside the eyes.
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Glaucoma:1:an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
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Did you mean Glaucoma? It is a group of eye diseases that gradually steal sight without warning. In the early stages of the disease, there may be no symptoms.
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Glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions that lead to damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that carries visual information from the eye to the brain. ChaCha!
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Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steal sight without warning. In the early stages of the disease, there may be no symptoms.
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