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Glaucoma is a condition which causes damage to the eye’s optic nerve and gets worse with time. It's often linked to a build up of pressure inside the eye.

Causes Of Glaucoma
It is the result of high fluid pressure inside the eye. This happens when the liquid in the front part of the eye doesn't circulate the way it should.
Normally, a fluid called aqueous humor, flows out of the eye through a mesh-like channel. If this channel gets blocked, the liquid builds up. That’s what causes glaucoma.
Less common causes include a blunt or chemical injury in the eye, severe eye infection, blocked and constricted blood vessels inside the eye and various inflammatory conditions. It mostly affects both the eyes, but it may be worse in one than the other.

Who is affected by Glaucoma?

It usually affects adults over the age of 40, but teenagers, children and even infants can be affected by it. The probable of getting glaucoma are:

• 40 years of age and above
• Family history of glaucoma
• Having poor and blurred vision
• Suffering from diabetes
• Intake of certain steroid medicines
• Trauma to the eyes

Symptoms of Glaucoma
The following are the symptoms of glaucoma:

• Seeing halos around lights
• Vision loss
• Redness in the eye
• Eye that looks hazy
• Nausea and vomiting
• Severe eye pain
• Narrowed vision

How is Glaucoma treated?
There are three ways to treat glaucoma. They are:
Eye drops- These either reduce the formation of fluid in the eye or increase its outflow. Side effects may include allergies, redness, stinging, blurred vision, and irritated eyes. Some glaucoma drugs may affect your heart and lungs.
Laser surgery- This procedure can slightly increase the flow of the fluid from the eye for people with open-angle glaucoma. It can stop fluid blockage if you have angle-closure glaucoma.
Microsurgery- In a procedure called a trabeculectomy, the doctor creates a new channel to drain the fluid and ease eye pressure.

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Best Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic in Chennai

Eyes are vital organs that plays an important role in our health. Routine eye examination is important for children to ensure they are free from vision problems and is having proper visual acuity. Now a days 5 to 10 percent of preschoolers and 25 percent of school age children are facing vision problems. Early detection and treatment will help to secure your child’s future. 

Pediatric ophthalmology is a branch of ophthalmology dealing with eye diseases and vision care in children. Pediatric eye diseases are common in children.

Common pediatric eye diseases

• Pediatric strabismus or squint: It is the misalignment of eyes, where retinal image is not in corresponding areas of both eyes. Here one eye focus on a particular object, while the other eye turns inwards, outwards or downwards.
• Amblyopia or lazy eye: It is a vision development disorder, where visual acuity (sharpness of vision) cannot be achieved even after using eyeglasses or contact lenses. Only a single eye is usually affected by lazy eye. If it is left untreated, it can lead to serious visual disability. 
• Congenital Cataract: Here clouding of lens occurs by birth. It is a rare eye disease where grey or white clouding is appeared on the pupil.

•  Congenital Glaucoma: Childhood glaucoma is a birth defect that is caused by incorrect development of eye drainage system. Sensitivity to light, enlarged eyes, cloudiness are the common symptoms of childhood glaucoma.
• Congenital Lacrimal Drainage Block: Duct obstruction occurs in nearly 5% of the newborn babies. Here the lacrimal drainage system gets blocked. The main symptom of lacrimal block is increased tear lake or mucous discharge. 
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP): It is an eye disease that is commonly seen in premature babies. Here abnormal blood vessels are grown in retina, that lead to the detachment of retina from back of eye. This causes blindness among children.

Treatment
Most of the eye diseases of children can be managed by using eyeglasses or medications. If it does not show any results, then surgery is preferred. Lasik surgery, cataract eye surgery, Bladeless Lasik Surgery etc. are commonly used to treat cataract, glaucoma, lazy eye.

Amrit hospital is one of the best eye hospital in Chennai, providing advanced treatments in pediatric ophthalmology at an affordable cost.

                         

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