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The only proven treatment to prevent glaucoma from developing or getting worse is to lower the pressure in the eye.
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The only proven treatment to prevent glaucoma from developing or getting worse is to lower the pressure in the eye.
Canaloplasty is one of several newer surgical alternatives to lower pressure for patients with glaucoma.
In research studies, vitamins have had little or no effect as a glaucoma treatment.
A glaucoma drainage implant is a small device placed in the eye to treat glaucoma.
I’ve recently had filtering surgery, and now my eye pressure is very low. My doctor says I have a condition called hypotony. Can you tell me what this is?
While there are both medical and surgical treatments for pediatric glaucoma, surgery remains the mainstay of therapy for primary infantile glaucoma as well as many other forms of glaucoma in children.
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