Glaucoma
How Glaucoma May Affect Your Vision
Glaucoma is a vision condition that currently affects more than 2.5 million Americans. This age-related eye disease is characterized by an increase in intraocular pressure; the pressure within the eye becomes too high for the optic nerve to sustain. Because…
What do you Know about Your Glaucoma Risk?
During glaucoma awareness month, we would like to take the opportunity to discuss this condition and how you can manage your eye health through mindfulness. Glaucoma affects approximately 3 million people in our country. According to research, half of those…
Glaucoma 101
Glaucoma is, unfortunately, a common problem—but knowing more about glaucoma can help you stay healthy and protect your vision. Here’s what you should know. What is glaucoma?Glaucoma is a condition that describes damage to the optic nerve. This damage is…
Capturing the Silent Thief of Sight Before It’s Too Late
The Glaucoma Research Foundation estimates that there are roughly 2.2 million Americans who have glaucoma yet only half of them are aware that they have the condition. Apart from its worldwide prevalence, glaucoma can lead to irreversible vision loss which…
How About a Glaucoma Exam to Complete Your New Year’s Resolution List?
A New Year has just begun! Do you already have your list of things that you want to change or improve in 2015? Perhaps, you want to lose some weight or resolve to eat healthier than you did last year.…
4 Common Age-Related Vision Problems to Look Out For
The effects of aging goes beyond the appearance of wrinkles, folds, and fine lines. When it comes to bodily functions, aging brings forth a lot of undesirable changes, one of which is deterioration in one’s vision. Although refractive errors (such…
Am I At Risk for Glaucoma?
Just the other day, a middle-aged woman came in to see us here at the Roholt Vision Institute inquiring about her chances of getting glaucoma. “Both my mother and older brother developed glaucoma late in their lives and I’m deeply…
New Research Finds Risk for Glaucoma Increases With Long-Term Contraceptive Use
Here at our practice, our Ohio Advanced Glaucoma Detection system and treatment has saved our clients’ vision, having treated it effectively following early diagnosis. The condition is often referred to as the “silent thief of the night” as it doesn’t have any…
Ohio Eye Care: Understanding Glaucoma
Recent surveys estimate that there are approximately 2.2 million Americans who have glaucoma yet only half of them are aware of it. This finding will not exactly come out as a surprise as glaucoma itself is a poorly understood eye…