Glaucoma Research Paper
An ocular disease that affects the middle layer of the eye is Glaucoma. It damages the optic nerve fibers, when each fiber is damaged it creates a bigger damage, malfunction to no function of the optic nerve. Ultimately, once the entire optic nerve is damaged peripheral blindness results. High intraocular pressure is in great part what contributes to the damage caused by Glaucoma. Although high intraocular pressures indicate Glaucoma, thick corneas can also make the pressures seem high. Resting in our eye there is liquid, properly known as aqueous fluid, overproduction or poor drainage of it causes the optic nerve damage, many months of uncontrolled eye pressure can easily go unnoticed, this disease has no symptoms until it is too late. There
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Laser on the other hand, stimulates the eyes drainage system by allowing the fluid to flow and drain properly, just as the eye is supposed to do it by nature. Treatment allows the eye pressures to maintain within the normal range, for that reason it has to be continuous, glaucoma drops are often considered before surgery. The most controversial treatment plan for glaucoma is medical marijuana. A study performed in the year 1970 found that marijuana lowered eye pressures for 3-4 hours, but how that was possible remains a mystery to the current eye care practitioners. Marijuana is not a well-accepted method of treatment, evidence of its use is of poor quality, and if effective a patient would literally have to be stocked the 24 hours of the day. Dr. Prouty says that the benefits of medical marijuana are outweighed by harm, it lowers blood pressure, which decreases profusion of the optic nerve by making it fragile (MJ). Long term treatment stability has not yet been found for glaucoma patients, overall it is important to keep in mind that the ophthalmologist will create a treatment plan, but it is the patient's job to maintain in order for it to
Laser on the other hand, stimulates the eyes drainage system by allowing the fluid to flow and drain properly, just as the eye is supposed to do it by nature. Treatment allows the eye pressures to maintain within the normal range, for that reason it has to be continuous, glaucoma drops are often considered before surgery. The most controversial treatment plan for glaucoma is medical marijuana. A study performed in the year 1970 found that marijuana lowered eye pressures for 3-4 hours, but how that was possible remains a mystery to the current eye care practitioners. Marijuana is not a well-accepted method of treatment, evidence of its use is of poor quality, and if effective a patient would literally have to be stocked the 24 hours of the day. Dr. Prouty says that the benefits of medical marijuana are outweighed by harm, it lowers blood pressure, which decreases profusion of the optic nerve by making it fragile (MJ). Long term treatment stability has not yet been found for glaucoma patients, overall it is important to keep in mind that the ophthalmologist will create a treatment plan, but it is the patient's job to maintain in order for it to