Minus Eye Blind More Vulnerable Due to Glaucoma


Jakarta, to prevent blindness, eye doctor will recommend screening glaucoma at the age of 40 years. But in people with glasses for nearsighted, screening should be done early because of a greater risk of glaucoma taxable.

According to one study, farsightedness or myopi make someone's eyes 2-fold more vulnerable glaucoma. This disorder is characterized by increased eye pressure, resulting in reduced visual field, and long may become blind.

Most ophthalmologists would recommend glaucoma screening when someone entered the age of 40 years. But specifically for people with nearsightedness, eye doctor from California, Kimberly Cockerham, MD recommends screening should be done since the age of 20 years.

Like other diseases, glaucoma is more easily overcome if detected early. Screening in patients with nearsightedness needs to be done early because this group is more at risk of permanent blindness due to eye damage in glaucoma.

"If you always need glasses while driving or watching a movie, you are obliged eyes examined at least once a year," said Dr. Cockerham as quoted from MensHealth.com, Monday (11/07/2011).

Scientists have until now not known exactly how they can be interconnected, but suspected it is influenced form of the eye in patients with nearsightedness who tend to be longer resemble eggs. According to research, such as eye shape is more susceptible to glaucoma.

Other allegations are growing more associated with genetic factors. Several studies have shown, the nature or one's talent for getting glaucoma and myopia more frequently arise in family history as a single package that inherited together.

A clear relationship between glaucoma and myopia again evidenced in a recent publication that was published in the journal Ophthalmology. The publication contains a review of 11 previous studies indicate, the risk of glaucoma in patients with nearsightedness 90 percent higher than average.

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