Glaucoma: What you should know
This booklet is for people with glaucoma and their families and friends. It provides information about open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of glaucoma. This booklet answers questions about the cause and symptoms of the disease and discusses diagnosis and types of treatment.
Read this booklet online, or download it, by following the links below. Glaucoma: What you should know is available as a PDF, a DAISY Digital Talking Book with narrated audio and NCC structure, or as a Microsoft Word file.
Glaucoma (PDF, 594.4 kB)
Glaucoma (DAISY - narrated audio with NCC
structure, .zip, 6.2 MB)
Glaucoma (Word, 76.5 kB)
Contents
- What is glaucoma? - 2
- What is the optic nerve? - 2
- How does open-angle glaucoma damage the optic nerve? - 3
- Does increased eye pressure mean that I have glaucoma? - 4
- Can I develop glaucoma if I have increased eye pressure? - 4
- Can I develop glaucoma without an increase in my eye pressure? - 5
- Who is at risk for developing glaucoma? - 5
- What are the symptoms of glaucoma? - 6
- How is glaucoma detected? - 7
- Can glaucoma be cured? - 8
- Can glaucoma be treated? - 8
- What are some other forms of glaucoma? - 12
- What can I do if I already have lost some vision from glaucoma? - 14
- What research is being done? - 14
- What can I do to protect my vision? - 15
- What should I ask my eye care professional? - 15
- How should I use my glaucoma eye drops? - 18
- Where can I get more information? - 19
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) is working to reduce vision impairment and blindness through undertaking health promotion activities in partnership with other organisations. We also aim to raise awareness about preventable or treatable eye conditions. This booklet is one of five in the series of information booklets on the main preventable and manageable eye conditions: Age-related Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Glaucoma.
For more information about the RNZFB, contact:
Technology, Employment and Awareness division
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
Private Bag 99941, Newmarket, Auckland
Telephone (09) 355 6900 or 0800 24 33 33
Email: cea
Website: www.rnzfb.org.nz