There are several types of glaucoma. Treatment depends on properly identifying precisely which kind is present and determining how the glaucoma may affect the person's quality of life. The goal of treatment is preservation of health.
The factor common to all types of glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve of the eye. This damage is related to the pressure inside the eye. No matter whether the pressure is high, normal or below normal, it can still cause damage. Most types of glaucoma are chronic, and are present for the person's lifetime. Some types of glaucoma occur suddenly, but most develop slowly, over months or years.
Most types of glaucoma need some form of treatment. Some people need surgery. Others may need medicine to treat the eye directly, or to treat some other health problem that is affecting the eye. Still others may need to have certain medicines stopped.
Glaucoma Suspect
Primary Angle-Closure Plateau Iris Syndrome
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Normal Tension Glaucoma
(a subset of POAG)
Pediatric Glaucoma
Secondary Glaucoma
ICE syndrome
Inflammatory Glaucoma
Neovascular Glaucoma
Pigmentary Glaucoma
Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma
Traumatic Glaucoma
