Glaucoma

1 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:18.157 Glaucoma is known as the most preventable form of blindness, 2 00:00:18.271 --> 00:00:22.014 and it happens in patients, a lot of the times they're not aware. 3 00:00:22.171 --> 00:00:23.714 It's a very silent disease 4 00:00:23.715 --> 00:00:26.486 and it takes over sometimes five 5 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.386 to even 15 years to manifest any type of symptoms. 6 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:34.429 Glaucoma harms the vision by taking away the peripheral vision very slowly. 7 00:00:34.900 --> 00:00:37.857 What happens over the years is maybe one or two degrees 8 00:00:37.858 --> 00:00:39.643 of peripheral vision is taken away. 9 00:00:40.210 --> 00:00:44.657 It's over a combined, 10 to 15 years we lose that peripheral vision. 10 00:00:44.830 --> 00:00:49.171 Now patients can maintain 20, 20 eyesight in a tunnel like vision, 11 00:00:49.172 --> 00:00:51.999 and then eventually that vision is taken away altogether. 12 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.843 This is a condition that needs to be checked for on an annual basis 13 00:00:55.844 --> 00:00:59.443 from a very young age to a very senior type age. 14 00:00:59.510 --> 00:01:01.371 It can strike at any age, really. 15 00:01:01.372 --> 00:01:06.357 Restoration of vision with glaucoma, if there's preexisting vision loss 16 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.050 is unfortunately not able to be restored. 17 00:01:09.486 --> 00:01:14.100 It's very important to catch glaucoma at its very, very earliest stage. 18 00:01:14.386 --> 00:01:16.871 Once it's caught and the pressures are controlled, 19 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:20.743 patients can actually have very, very great longevity 20 00:01:20.757 --> 00:01:22.286 in the clarity of their vision. 21 00:01:22.287 --> 00:01:25.389 At Primary Eye Care Associates, we offer the very latest 22 00:01:25.390 --> 00:01:29.257 in the technological elements of diagnosis of glaucoma. 23 00:01:29.258 --> 00:01:32.457 Prevention is the key thing rather than being reactive, 24 00:01:32.623 --> 00:01:34.460 it's very important to be proactive. 25 00:01:34.490 --> 00:01:38.586 We've invested in technology that not only helps to detect glaucoma, 26 00:01:38.757 --> 00:01:43.229 but can also predict the elements of glaucoma developing later on in life.