Glaucoma Lifestyle Tips

Glaucoma, often known as the “silent thief of sight,” is a condition that can quietly impact your vision over time.

For working professionals, managing glaucoma effectively is essential to maintaining productivity and professional relationships.

Exercise and sports can be part of a healthy lifestyle for individuals with glaucoma.

The relationship between stress and glaucoma is complex and multifaceted and involves several interconnected factors.

Learn about various lifestyle strategies for individuals diagnosed with glaucoma.

The first step in managing glaucoma is understanding your specific condition. There are several types of glaucoma, including open-angle and angle-closure.

If you have glaucoma, you may be experiencing emotional challenges in addition to the impact of glaucoma on your vision.

Assistive devices and technology can help people with low vision and vision loss to participate in daily activities with minimal impairment.

If your child has glaucoma or a child in your classroom has it, you may wonder how the condition affects their ability to learn in school.

For many people summertime means travel, warm weather and outdoor activities. For those with glaucoma, the summer season can present new challenges.

Patients with glaucoma want to help themselves and save their sight in any way they can beyond medications and surgery.

Yoga has become a very popular form of physical and mental exercise, and is said to have many meditative and therapeutic benefits.

As more women start families later in life, it is now more common for female glaucoma patients to become pregnant.

A recent study suggests that a diet that includes plenty of green, leafy vegetables may lower the risk of glaucoma.

Are you planning a vacation? If so, here are some tips for traveling with your glaucoma medications.

Jasmyn Polite was diagnosed with glaucoma at age 9. Now as a college student she has advice for other young people with glaucoma.

Receiving a glaucoma diagnosis can be frightening. While people living with glaucoma may have to make adjustments, you don’t have to limit your life because of glaucoma.

Following a healthy diet isn’t a magic bullet and can’t prevent glaucoma, but there are benefits to eating certain foods and avoiding others if you are one of the many people living with glaucoma.

An abundance of scientific evidence proves lifestyle changes—such as exercise and diet—can significantly impact an individual’s health.

A recent study suggests that there may be benefits to eye pressure and optic nerve health by doing meditation on a regular basis.

What can be done to make reading easier for those with glaucoma? You can start by trying some things on your own.

Concerns about driving often come up with glaucoma and may be brought to the doctor’s attention by the patient or a family member.

“My advice for the blind community is to be prepared for what life may throw at you and be open to learn new things.” — Jasmyn Polite

Vision rehabilitation therapists teach adaptive living skills to allow their patients to handle a variety of everyday activities, often with the use of assistive technology.

Some glaucoma patients have lost significant vision, making some desired activities difficult.