Vision Care

Guide to eye diseases prevention and treatments.

The cause of vision loss in all forms of glaucoma is optic nerve damage. There are many underlying causes and forms of glaucoma. Most causes are not known, but it is evident that different processes are involved, and a malfunction in any one of them could cause glaucoma. For example, eye trauma may result in the angle becoming blocked, or, as a person ages, the lens may become larger and push the iris forward. The cause of optic nerve damage in normal-tension glaucoma is also unknown, but there... more