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Black glaucoma
Hi , My mother has black glaucoma and she is a house wife and is very tensed due to decreasing eye vision day by day . As per her way of description she told me that she sees some web or thread like structures sometime in front of eye and sometime she feels like the vision is getting smaller day by day . We are telling this to her doctor but he only gives us the eye drops to put in and tell no more and the truth is we cannot see any improvement till now . I am quite tensed now to for her this condition and now thinking of eye transplant operation . But if anyone out of you all well knowledged doctors can Help me with any other alternative please do share . We are pleased to hear you all. Additional information: Eye drop she currently using is LATANOPROST EYE DROPS .
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As you are saying your mother has glaucoma do you have any idea regarding her intra ocular pressure  ( at the time of diagnosis & at present ) , regarding her angular structure i.e her gonioscopy finding, regarding her optic nerve finding i.e cup disc ratio.       Had any other tests been done or not ? like HVF or OCT for ONH & RNFL analysis or GDX?       What's about her vital parameters like Blood pressure, blood sugar , lipid profile ?       Glaucoma is a optic neuropathy which causes gradual / acute  loss of vision . Intra ocular pressure is an important deciding factor for glaucoma. Diurnal fluctuations in intra ocular pressure is more important than a single value.      Most important factor that's to be done is intra ocular pressure is to be kept within normal range.      As a rule of thumb, the more advanced the glaucoma is, the lower the IOP must be to protect whatever nerve tissue the patient has left. The best time to diagnose and treat glaucoma is therefore before the patient has lost any retinal ganglion cells or visual field.
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HVF B/ E( 30-2)  , OCT for ONH & RNFL analysis,  Intra ocular pressure reading at least in three times in a day ( in morning, at noon , in evening) Measure blood pressure, Blood sugar & lipid profile
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Please upload all previous prescriptions & tests & all tests reports hose I suggested.
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