Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma, which is the
most common type of glaucoma, has no cure. Glaucoma is lifelong eye disease
that will require you to be treated throughout your life in some manner. This
may require using one or more eye drops on a daily or even more frequent basis,
having laser treatments or even surgery-or some combination of treatments, in
order to maintain stability and prevent vision loss in some manner. A recent
study that might be of interest to those stable glaucoma patients who in fact use
one or more eye drops each day was published in the journal Acta Ophthalmologica demonstrated that a form of glaucoma laser treatment called Selective
Laser Trabeculoplasty was able to completely replace the need for eyedrops in
77% of stable glaucoma patients and still maintain excellent control of
intraocular pressure! In
most other patients, the laser treatment was able to reduce the number of
different eye drops used or the number of times a single eye drop needed to be
used to maintain stable eye pressure. This is very helpful for most glaucoma
patients as it reduces medication side effects and helps those who might have a
tough time instilling eye drops or remembering to use them at the prescribed
time each day.
If you or someone you know has glaucoma and
uses eye drops each day and wishes to explore the possibility of glaucoma laser
treatment or anyone concerned about their risk of glaucoma and might need to
schedule an eye exam we welcome you to call Center
for Sight – 508-720-2020 to schedule an appointment.
Center for Sight is located in the Narragansett Mill at 1565 North
Main Street, Suite 406, Fall River, MA, and is conveniently located for
patients throughout the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
