Is congenital glaucoma bound to be blind in the end?

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Glaucoma is a kind of eye disease with intermittent or continuous increase of intraocular pressure. Continuous high intraocular pressure can cause damage to all parts of the eyeball tissue and visual function. If not treated in time, the visual field can be completely lost to blindness. Glaucoma is one of the three leading causes of blindness in human blindness. The incidence rate of the total population is 1% and 2% after 45 years old. Is congenital glaucoma bound to be blind in the end? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Is congenital glaucoma bound to be blind in the end?

Glaucoma is one of the main causes of blindness in China, and the visual function damage caused by glaucoma is irreversible, the consequences are very serious. Generally speaking, glaucoma can not be prevented, but early detection, reasonable treatment, the vast majority of patients can maintain useful visual function for life. Therefore, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment must be emphasized in the prevention of glaucoma.

"Glaucoma, if not treated, causes 100% blindness; On the contrary, glaucoma, if actively treated, will not cause blindness. As long as patients follow the doctor's advice for treatment, control of intraocular pressure, can save vision. If not treated, 100% blindness. With today's science and technology, there is no way to restore vision after blindness. "

The patients with primary angle closure glaucoma are mostly female, and the ratio of male to female is 1:2. There are several possible reasons: on the one hand, because women have reached a certain age, there are some changes in the eye structure, on the other hand, women are more prone to emotional fluctuations, there are endocrine effects of some reasons, leading to women's intraocular pressure easily exceeds the normal value, causing glaucoma.

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Got glaucoma, must control the development of the disease in time, don't wait until the eye is blind, just know to treat, so it's too late, it's best to go to the eye hospital for surgery.