Symptoms of Glaucoma in Mumbai

Symptoms of Glaucoma

Glaucoma most often occurs in adults over 40, but it can also affect young adults, children, and infants. Many patients have few or no symptoms in the early stages.

The first sign is often loss of peripheral or side vision, which can go unnoticed until the disease is advanced. This is why complete eye exams are important every one to two years, especially for patients with risk factors.

Symptoms that need urgent care

• Seeing halos around lights.
• Sudden or progressive vision loss.
• Redness in the eye.
• Hazy-looking eye, especially in infants.
• Nausea or vomiting with eye symptoms.
• Eye pain or headache.
• Narrowing of vision or tunnel vision.

Why symptoms can be missed

The brain can compensate for early side vision loss, so a patient may continue reading, driving, or working without realizing that glaucoma damage has started. Objective tests are needed to detect early optic nerve and visual field changes.

Diagnosis after symptoms

If symptoms or risk factors are present, your doctor may check visual acuity, eye pressure, corneal thickness, drainage angle, optic nerve health, OCT scans, and visual fields.