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[Helena Eyeglasses]

what is Glaucoma?

Who are at risk for Glaucoma?

[Karissa Eyeglasses]

Glaucoma is an insidious disease - because one typically does not notice its development. Glaucoma is characterized by increasing loss of peripheral vision eventually leading to severe vision loss or blindness if untreated. Only 8% of all American understand that glaucoma's development is not detectable without a glaucoma screening.


There is pretty strong evidence that people who are significantly overweight are at greater risk of glaucoma. A large Japanese study with more than 70,139 subjects over the course of 9 years concluded that there was significant association between inter-ocular pressure (an indication of glaucoma) and obesity.

[Nash Eyeglasses]

Glaucoma can be treated if detected in an earlier stage. It eventually damage the eyes leading to total blindness. Most people that are overweight tend to get glaucoma than other people do.