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Glaucoma 101

Glaucoma refers to a category of eye disorders often associated with a dangerous buildup of internal eye pressure which can damage the eye's nerve that transmits visual information to the brain. With untreated or uncontrolled glaucoma, you might eventually notice decreased ability to see at the edges of your peripheral vision. Progressive eye damage could then lead to blindness. In fact, glaucoma creates at least some vision loss in more than half of the approximately 2.5 million Americans estimated to have the eye disease and is the second leading cause of blindness.

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