Diagnosing glaucoma

Diagnosing Glaucoma

Annual eye examination is essential as an eye health check. In addition to the normal test,it is important to ask for the pressure within the eye to be measured and the field of vision to be checked. These three test together are four times more effective in the detection of Glaucoma than the standard eye test alone. The elderly and nearsighted, Those with a family history of Glaucoma,and people of Afro –Caribbean origin Are particularly at risk.