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What is Glaucoma?

Glaucoma is a  condition of high pressure within the eyeball causing gradual loss of sight. According to the World Health Organization, Glaucoma is considered as the second leading cause of blindness (behind cataracts)in the global level . In simple words, Glaucoma is a complicated eye disease caused by high eye pressure, and if left untreated causes permanent vision loss or blindness.It is called the “Sneak Thief of Sight” or “Silent Thief of Sight”. How the Eye works? Eyes The eye works very much like an old-style camera. In the camera, the light comes in through the shutter, is focused by the lens, falls onto the film and them we take it to be processed. In the eye, light comes in through the cornea and pupil. It is focused by the lens, falling onto the film in the eye (the retina) and then goes, via the optic nerve (the nerve of sight), to the brain (the processor) for developing. The shape of the eye is achieved through the circulation of a clear fluid (aqueous
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