Glaucoma is another type of eye disorder often related with a dangerous buildup of internal eye pressure which can damage the eye’s optic nerve that send out visual information to your brain. When left untreated it can lead to blindness. You might eventually notice decreased ability to see at the edges of your vision (peripheral vision). Glaucoma is the thief of sight. Get screened today.

Symptoms

Glaucoma often is called the “silent thief of sight,” because most types typically cause no pain and produce no symptoms until noticeable vision loss occurs.For this reason, glaucoma often progresses undetected until the optic nerve already has been irreversibly damaged, with varying degrees of permanent vision loss. Source: allaboutvision

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