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Friday, February 13, 2009

GLAUCOMA




These are the optic nerves of a patient with glaucoma. There is very little rim tissue and large cupping in the middle. Glaucoma occurs primarily when high pressure in the eye pinches off the blood supply to nerve tissue, causing permanent damage to that tissue and stealing the vision slowly until complete blindness occurs.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Many people don't know about glaucoma which can cause serious effects in eye. Without getting proper treatment they can loss their eye for lifetime.

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