By glaucoma is meant an eye disease.The reason for this is the increase in intraocular pressure. In a healthy person, this indicator is always on the same level, and in glaucoma, due to a violation of the outflow of fluid, it increases. At first, the person begins to see worse, then the range of visibility is limited, and then complete blindness can occur.
After an accurate diagnosis, the ophthalmologist prescribes an individual treatment regimen. It depends on the form of the disease, the stage and the presence of concomitant diseases in the patient.
Glaucoma treatment consists of several stages:
- drug treatment;
- surgical intervention;
- treatment by physiotherapy and folk remedies.
How is glaucoma treated with medication?
The main treatment for glaucoma isthe use of drugs that lower intraocular pressure. These medicines are available in the form of eye drops. These include, for example, the drugs Oftan or Timoptic. The technique of instilling eye drops is simple and mastered quite quickly. Drugs are also used to reduce the production of ocular secretion. The drug "Diakarb" - the most common of this series. It is taken orally after eating.
Surgical intervention for glaucoma
Treatment of glaucoma with a laser isrestoration of the correct and sufficient outflow of fluid in the eye. With the open-angle form of the disease, laser trabeculoplasty is often used. It should be said that this method does not give a long-term effect, and patients even after successful surgery use the drugs further.
More operable angle-closure glaucoma.Treatment of this form surgically is more effective and reliable. Patients with such a diagnosis helps laser iridotomy. The method consists in making a small hole in the eye with a laser, which will improve the outflow of moisture from its anterior chamber.
There is also an eye bypass method,which consists in setting the drainage device through a thin incision. However, this method is quite expensive and unsafe, since after surgery there may be complications.
Other treatments
Сегодня можно найти множество рецептов для treatment of glaucoma folk remedies. They are applicable only in combination with drug therapy and surgery, but in no way replace them. Glaucoma treatment should be carried out by a specialist at the first signs of the onset of the disease. Do not self-medicate. If the doctor prescribed you physiotherapy, do not refuse, since they are quite effective and safe. Remember that the result of treatment depends only on timely treatment for help.
