If left untreated, Glaucoma patients can experience cloudy or tunnel vision or lose their sight completely.
Optic nerve damage and discomfort can result from heightened fluid pressure in Glaucoma patients.
When the optic nerve is damaged due to an increase in fluid, patients can experience a lot of pain.
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Come into Chandler Eye Care to speak to our glaucoma doctor in Mechanicsville. He can discuss your symptoms with you.
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Once we know that surgery is the right option for you, we will use a topical anesthetic with or without sedation. Then, we use the laser to make the drainage systems in the eye larger.
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We will prescribe eye drops to help alleviate any lasting symptoms. Patients are also encouraged to come in 2-3 times a year for testing.
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Medically reviewed by
Dr. Alan Chandler MD
An elevated fluid pressure in the eye of glaucoma patients can harm the optic nerve. Without treatment, the eye’s side vision slowly decreases, leading to a limited field of view. Individuals with glaucoma may have tunnel vision, headaches, eye pain or pressure, nausea, vomiting, and red eyes.
Glaucoma surgery with our glaucoma doctor in Mechanicsville takes about 30 minutes to complete. If there are any unexpected customizations to the laser treatment that need to be addressed, we will do it. In general, we can do surgery for open angle glaucoma, closed angle glaucoma, and neovascular glaucoma.
You should only need one glaucoma surgery because we will replace the lens in your eye. Then, we will prescribe medicated eye drops for you to use after the surgery. Our team may ask you to come in once or twice more for follow-ups. That way we can ensure that the surgery and the drops have worked as they should.
We treat for both open angle and closed angle glaucoma, but what’s the difference?
If you have open angle glaucoma, the fluid drainage holes in your eye are open but not working. If you have closed angle glaucoma, the fluid drainage holes in your eye are closed and also not working. Closed angle glaucoma is considered a medical emergency due to the high possibility of rupturing the eye.
Before coming in for open or closed angle treatments with our Glaucoma doctor in Mechanicsville, we ask that patients do the following:
After receiving Glaucoma treatment at Chandler Eye Care Specialists, we ask that patients do the following for post-care:
After the Glaucoma laser treatment, the doctor will prescribe eye drops to ease symptoms. The drops should take effect in a few hours. Eye drops decrease pressure in the eye to prevent optic nerve damage, which may or may not be noticeable to you. You can tell if the drops are effective by observing the improvement in your vision. The drops are doing their job if your vision remains stable. To achieve the best results, it is vital that you follow the prescription label instructions precisely when taking the prescribed drops.
