Glaucoma

The most common form of glaucoma (chronic or primary open-angle) does not usually present symptoms in its early stages. Rather, the disease may progress consistently with painless and slow loss of peripheral vision. Sometimes permanent blindness may even result.

To explore the steps to vision loss, click on the following steps.

Step 1: Glaucoma does not usually cause symptoms in its early stages. In fact, visual field defects are not always present during the initial stages of the disease.

Did you know that? More than 2% of people over age 40 have glaucoma and the prevalence increases to 4% to 6% in people over age 60.