GLAUCOMA

GLAUCOMA

You may have wondered why, when you have an eye test, that the optometrist uses a machine that blows puffs of air into your eyes. This is because they are checking whether the pressure within your eye has increased. This increase in pressure, which is painless in itself, is often one of the first signs of glaucoma.

Glaucoma causes damage to the nerves that carry the visual information from the back of your eyes to your brain. Because the loss of vision is very gradual, patients often only notice that they have a problem when irreversible damage to their eyesight has already been done. The best defence against glaucoma is early detection and treatment, which is why our patients are screened for this disease.

We have all the latest equipment to diagnose & monitor glaucoma, please click on the words below to see how we use them.
  • Tonometry
  • Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
  • Slit Lamp
  • Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
  • Digital Fundus Photography
  • Visual Field Analyser
  • Contrast Sensitivity Test
If you have glaucoma yourself, or you are over 40 and a member of your immediate family has glaucoma, you may qualify for free NHS eye tests, please do contact us for advice.

You can also get more information on glaucoma from the website below.
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