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How Eye Doctors Screen for Glaucoma Before Symptoms Appear

By @fieldtestmap623

Glaucoma is one of those eye diseases that can quietly do real damage long before a person notices anything wrong. That is what makes it so frustrating in clinic and so important in screening. By the time many people report trouble, the disease has already taken a measurable toll on the optic nerve. The loss usually starts at the edges of vision, where the brain is good at compensating, so the patient can still read, drive, and pass routine daily tasks while the disease adv