When do we expect a cure for glaucoma?
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Hopefully, Stem Cell Research may be of help
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I know that if it's caught early you can be cured ,you could lose the eye depending on the staging or worse.Sorry, hope it in the early stage & that everything is ok . I know that it's hard , I just found out Fri . that I may have kidney tumor or cancer of the Kidney...more testing Monday...I'm scaried.\nGood luck , my prayer's are with you & your family ~
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I am sorry to say that it doesn't appear that this can be cured (although I am not a doctor):\n\nExpectations (prognosis)    \nThe disorder will continue to progress, though at a very slow pace. Complete blindness is uncommon\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001029.htm#Expectations%20(prognosis)
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No, there's no known cure.
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Most forms of Glaucoma can be treated so probably not. It is not the kind of condition that would keep a person from working unless it was severe or had been untreated for a long time. What they would look at would be the ability to see.
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There is no cure or treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD) at this time. You may not have significant problems with your vision for many years. Vision loss happens very slowly and is usually not severe. It often affects only one eye, and you may be able to adjust for the vision loss with the unaffected eye. If you have dry AMD, follow your doctor's recommendations for having regular exams and monitoring the condition at home (such as using an Amsler grid), because dry AMD may sometimes develop into wet AMD. In a few cases, wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), which is the more serious form of the disease, can be treated with thermal laser photocoagulation surgery or photodynamic therapy (PDT). Treatment cannot cure AMD, but it can stop its progression. Other types of surgery and treatments using radiation or medicines are being investigated, but these are considered experimental and are not part of standard treatment. Not all cases of wet AMD can be treated. Only about 10% to 15% of cases can be effectively treated with laser photocoagulation surgery, and only about 20% to 30% of cases can be treated with PDT.Treatment cannot restore vision, but it can sometimes slow down or delay further damage to your central vision. However, in most cases growth of fragile new blood vessels in wet AMD recurs, and even repeated treatment is not usually effective over the long term in preventing some loss of central vision. Because wet AMD often causes rapid and severe loss of central vision, it is important not to delay treatment if your doctor recommends it.
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I have a brother who is blind. Due to optic nerve damage. From what we have been told. There is nothing medical that can be done. However nerves can, and have been known to rejuvenate on their own.
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wow sumbody actually asked. yes it does work. after only two months my doctor saw a significant improvement. my eyes go a little worse but he said the results were amazing! since i am still a preteen, most myopic kids my age would have had almost added half of their already existing prescription. but i have a theory of why my eyes did not improve. last year, i was check with -3.15 . however, i was at that stage when i hated wearing glasses because of my ugly look. so i went completely without my glasses for the whole summer. when i was checked in september 05, my doctor had said i had strained my eyes so much. after two months of eye exercises, my myopia had improved from my state of strain in the summer to what i am now even though it is still a little worse than my prescription 2 yrs ago
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Talk to your eye doctor!
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glaucoma is a build up of pressure behind the cornea or something like that. I don't think eye drops would cause that.
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I really hope that we see one soon, at least in our lifetimes.  This is a horrible disease - and I think they should be working even more on finding a cure than they already are.
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BECAUSE the consequences of unmanaged glaucoma are so devastating (blindness).  Many medications have the potential to worsen glaucoma or counteract the medicines used to treat it -- since the result can be so significant, they tell you not to use this medicine without your Dr's knowledge and approval.
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no- your eyes will stabalise at one level, unfortunetly they wont ever improve. corrective lenses can help as can laser surgery
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Ya, just signed up.\n\nI believe we can cure!!
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Most people with glaucoma respond well to conventional treatment. Intraocular pressure can usually be controlled by the regular and sustained use of eye drops and medication, preventing any further loss of vision.\n\nSo,usage of eye-medication is a must. However, have a read at the following, they might be helpful\n\nRecommendations and treatments for Glaucoma\n\n1. Coffee Avoidance -  single dose of caffeinated coffee (but not decaffeinated coffee) can increase intraocular pressure in persons with glaucoma. \n\n2.Alpha lipoic acid - 150mg per day improves visual function in people with both stage I and stage II glaucoma.\n3.EFA's - Fish oil supplement, liquid or soft gel\n4. Vitamin C , 3x/day \n5. Flavonoid Rutin , 20 mg, 3x/day\n6. Magnesium
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There is currently no accepted effective treatment for any of the varied forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa.\nSorry to be so blunt, but various odd remedies have been proposed and done harm, including financial and emotional, to those desperate enough to try them.\n\nBee sting treatment, keeping one eye occluded to "save it for later", to name but two.\n\nLimiting UV exposure, as CluelessOne has already mentioned, can do no harm and may reduce the rate of damage.  Good nutrition, again, may come into the same category, with particular emphasis on dark green vegetables (broccoli, Kale  etc.) for their eye-related antoxidants.\n\nUK Optometrist.
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I recently started doing eye exercises to improve my vision. I am seeing some improvements, which is great encouragement to continue.\n\nI created a website and a blog so that people can follow my progress. Check it out...\n\nhttp://www.improvingmyeyesight.com/\n\nThere is also an article which talks about nutrition and eye care\nhttp://improvingmyeyesight.com/Nutrition_and_Eye_Health.html