Complications of Glaucoma

Complications list for Glaucoma:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Glaucoma includes:

• Optic nerve damage - Optic nerve damage results from too high internal pressure
• Blindness
• Motor accidents - from loss of peripheral vision
• Loss of peripheral vision
• Optis nerve damage
• Progressive trabecular dysfunction
• Ocular hypertension
• Glaucomatous optic neuropathy
• Permanent damage of the optic nerve and resultant visual field loss

See also the symptoms of Glaucoma and Glaucoma: Introduction.

Glaucoma Symptoms: Book Excerpts

• Signs and symptoms - Hypertension
• Signs and symptoms - Glaucoma
• Signs and Symptoms - Hypertensive crisis
• Signs and symptoms - Renovascular hypertension
• Signs and symptoms - Pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Signs and symptoms - Pulmonary hypertension
• Signs and symptoms - Hypertension
• Signs and symptoms - Glaucoma
• Signs and symptoms - Hypertension, pregnancy-induced
• Signs and symptoms - Pulmonary hypertension
• Hypertension - signs & symptoms - Hypertension

Medical news summaries about complications of Glaucoma:

The following medical news items are relevant to complications of Glaucoma:

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Complication statistics for Glaucoma:

The following are statistics from various sources about the complications of Glaucoma:

• 5,500 people each year become blind from glaucoma in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
• 120,000 people are currently blind from glaucoma in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Glaucoma as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Glaucoma as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Glaucoma.

About complications:

Complications of Glaucoma are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Glaucoma. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Glaucoma and complications of Glaucoma is unclear or arbitrary.

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