Technology is a wonderful resource for medical professionals. After all, it is because of technological inventions that medical professionals are able to correct and help heal a variety of serious ailments. For example, the use of optical lasers is one of the greatest technological medical advancements of the 21st century. Optical lasers are used for many different surgical procedures, including cataract surgery and other eye-related procedures. In the past, individuals simply lived with cataracts because they didn’t have any other option. But times have changed, and the invention of cataract surgery has given many people the ability to see clearly for a long time.

Cataract surgery is a wonderful innovation that is proving to be a viable option for many baby boomers suffering from poor vision. As they get older, individuals are developing cataracts in either one or both of their eyes. A cataract is a cloudy covering that appears over the lens of the eye. Cataracts usually affect both eyes, but normally a cataract will appear in one eye first. Symptoms of cataracts include cloudy and blurred vision, sensitivity to light and sunlight, the inability to distinguish colors, halos around objects and people, and impaired night vision. Cataracts are extremely harmful to the eyes, and if they are left untreated, they can even cause blindness. If you experience any of the symptoms listed above, then you may want to consider cataract surgery as a possible alternative.

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Eye drops by nature are supposed to have a clear cut edge over drugs and pills for treating problems of the eye just due to the simple reason that since they are applied directly in the eyes, these drops tend to provide a faster remedy over other forms of medication. But in some cases the problem is aggravated for people as administering these specially formulated optical drops can get really fussy and cranky. As such there is no set procedure to instill the drops in the eyes, nonetheless there are different ways that can really help the sufferers to use their solution in a better way. Apart from being really irritating, administering these drops may lead to a lot of wastage of the same. Thus one is rarely able to utilize ones full quota of solution.

One of the most common problems faced while instilling these drops is that they never land at the desired place or rather the drop lands everywhere except in the eye. The task becomes quite daunting in case someone is up for the task by oneself. Though it is quite a tricky position, it can be solved by following a correct approach whilst instilling the drops.

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This is type of open angle glaucoma with widely open angle by gonioscopy and the intraocular pressure is normal range but there is progressive visual field defects and progressive glaucomatous optic disc cupping with the absence of secondary causes for optic disc damage.

One possible mechanism of this glaucoma is vascular insufficiency to the optic nerve which makes the disc less resistance and more vulnerable to be damaged by normal intraocular pressure. Sometimes the intraocular pressure is even lower than normal and that is why it is also called low pressure glaucoma.

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There are four (4) important factors in the diagnosis of glaucoma: intraocular pressure, the condition of the optic nerve, the patient’s visual field and the angle where the iris meets the cornea. To detect these factors, the ophthalmologist will do the following diagnostic tests:

ยท Tonometry – used to measure intraocular pressure. Drops are put in the eyes to numb the eye and then the doctor measures the eye pressure, using an instrument called a tonometer. This instrument measures the inner pressure of the eye by determining how much pressure is necessary to cause a slight indentation on the outer part of the eye.

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