What are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?

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What are the Symptoms of Glaucoma?
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How to Know if you Suffer from Glaucoma?

• Blurred vision
• Nausea and vomiting
• Red eyes
• Severe eye pain
• Seeing light halos

Glaucoma occurs when the amount of pressure in
the eyeball is increased beyond what is normal.
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Blurred vision

• A patient who suffers from blurry vision is not
  able to see things sharply. It can usually be
  corrected with prescription lenses. 

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Nausea and Vomiting

• The constant urge to vomit and nausea is a sign
  that one is suffering from glaucoma. Pressure in
  the patients eyes can cause dizziness which
  results in nausea and the constant feeling of
  ones stomach being overturned.

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Red Eyes

• Redness in the eyes occurs when the blood vessels
  which are present inside the eye swell making the
  sclera which is the part of the eye turn red. If
  you are suffering from glaucoma, the redness in
  the eyes is caused due to the pressure on the eye.

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Severe Eye Pain

• Patients suffering from such eye pain find it
  intolerable to deal with. If you suffer from
  severe such a severe case of eye pain which is
  accompanied by loss of vision you may be
  suffering from glaucoma and must undergo
  treatment immediately.

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Seeing Light Halos

• Light halos are spheres of light surrounding the
  source of light which interfere with a patients
  vision. It is believed that halos are a normal
  response to bright light but if it is accompanied
  with the above symptoms you need to undergo
  glaucoma treatment immediately.

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Reference

• If a patient is diagnosed with glaucoma, you must
  set a schedule of examinations with the doctor to
  check the progress of the glaucoma
  treatment underway.

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