Friday, December 23, 2016

What You Can Do For Glaucoma

By Betty Miller


When in doubt, people always go to experts, especially where health issues or the medical field is concerned. Many diseases or infections seem to happen in a moment, but they are often accompanied by a complex set of circumstances that have created a way for them to be present. But only experts can really tell how relatable things are and how they can help.

Everything that can be useful for treating a condition cannot be discovered with simple processes. With glaucoma San Antonio TX, potential patients will often need the services of specialist teams that are capable of curing, eliminating or alleviating it. But one negative for this is the lack of proven treatments that work.

The good news is that a lot of processes, chemicals and meds, and other treatments can get the job done even if they do not really cure the disease. Many have benefited from these and attest to their effectivity. Meantime, hospitals and doctors will recommend seeing an eye expert as soon as there are visible symptoms for the condition.

For optometrists, the problem lies in their exams not being able to detect the condition well. Again, constant monitoring in a very intensive way is needed to even see some related symptoms. For those who are found to have the best eyesight, it is no guarantee that they do not have it on the advanced stages.

A peculiar characteristic of the disease, in the city of San Antonio TX, is that it does not attack center vision, just the peripheral one. It will often remain undetectable for many years, and typically becomes obvious only when major damage has been done. This is due to optic nerve injury, something that experts have to be irreversible.

The said nerve connects eyesight to the control centers for the entire nervous system which is found within the brain. Pressure is built up on the nerve and the usual thing being done is a combination of several things. The most important thing is to prevent further damage through the use of laser or lasik treatment, some minor microsurgery and the daily use of eye drops.

The current system in use, however, requires much expense and many visits to the optometrist office or medical centers. Also, there is really no assurance that the treatments will really work in the long run. The majority of cases are addressed through this older system, though.

However, there is a quite new technique that has been found to be very effective. It is undergoing testing but it has already been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and has been found truly capable of healing victims of the affliction. Actually, it is a surgical system that has had long use in the field of cardiovascular treatments.

This method is called the iStent, and is an innovation over many previous successful surgeries. The clinical trials have been very positive for moderate or mild glaucoma, necessitating less and less use of eye drops. This is the most excellent development for the field so far, and it looks to be available to everyone soon.




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