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What are the symptoms of Glaucoma?

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Glaucoma is an insidious disease because it rarely causes symptoms, however some glaucomas do have signs like :-
Loss of side vision.

Extreme eye pain and headaches.

Difficulty in adjusting to a dark room.

Nausea and vomiting.

Watering and increased sensitivity to light, with appearance of halos around lights.

Blurring of vision.

Need for frequent changes of glasses.

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Posted by:  JerryMirro(Guest)  Posted on: 05/10/2010
Your article is really very interesting. This is the information, I’ve been looking for… Thanks



Posted by:  edmund33  Posted on: 08/10/2009
when having advanced glaucoma,is it true that eye surgery ,to lower the Internal eye pressure,may cause additional optic fiber
destruccion?



Posted by:  sudhirbhakri(Guest)  Posted on: 04/10/2009
what is the best treatment for glucoma. is there any operation as in cataract?




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