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CANTV Hotline 21 Winter 2001

Glaucoma

Glaucoma
with Dr. David Palmer

GLAUCOMA - An eye disease which affects more than 3 million Americans and half of them don't even know they have it.

Dr. Palmer is a well known local ophthalmologist and is a past president of the Chicago Glaucoma Society. He is coordinator of Glaucoma Awareness month for Illinois for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is a member of the National Eye Care Project - Eye Care American Committee.

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month.

Why is the disease so important to diagnose and understand?
Open angle vs. closed angle
Why is glaucoma called the "Sneak thief of sight"? (By the time people realize that they are losing vision, the vision they have already lost is gone forever.)
Who is most at risk for developing glaucoma?
(3X more common in blacks than whites
6X more blindness than whites)
What about laser surgery?
Are there new drug therapies? What about side effects?
Is there a difference in the way you treat blacks vs. whites?
(Laser surgery vs. trabeculectomy) (First evidence for race)
What about exercise? and Diet?
What are the testing methods? Any new one on the horizon?

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