Treatment & Therapy

Glaucoma treatment helps lower intaocular pressure, so that the damage on the optical nerves won't continue. Once this damage stops, the patient's vision is saved. Although the vision loss won't ever be reocuperated due to the fact that optic nerves do not regenerate.

There are two types of treatment for Glaucoma, medication and surgery.
When glaucoma is not as advanced, medication can control IOP [intraocular pressure] , however- surgery is sometimes needed to save the vision that is left.

Two types of surgeries are; laser and filtering microsurgery.
Filtering microsurgery involves creating a drainage hole with the use of a small surgical tool, while the same procedure can be performed with a laser and it's not invasive.