Drop those damn drops! Find out from a qualified surgeon in opthomology on Glaucoma surgery. Those drops ruined my eyes! They also burned my pockets. For more than 4 years I used Allergen, Lumigan and Misopt etc. to control the pressures in my eye thanks to the dummy doctor who happens to have a medical degree from UK. The pressures were not in control and it was too late and I lost vision in my right eye that scared the pants off me and I ran to Lions Eye Hospital at Bangalore and was cursed by the medical director for my ignorance. Then she operated me for both the eyes to save damage to my left eye. Unfortunately there was no hope of regaining vision in the right eye as the optic nerve was damaged completely. The surgery was done for both eyes because if left as is the right eye would deform due to the pressure. Last year the left eye suffered a CRAO and bang now I am blind!
Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India ----- Original Message ----- From: VIVEK KAVYA To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Glaucoma second largest cause of blindness Yes madam, it is true in my case only. I am too suffring from glaucoma my parants or my teachers could not diagnose my glaucoma till 10th class, i could see normal till that time but because of more prasure in 10th class exam my eye sight decreased but now i am using eye drops to maintain my eye sight is stagnant. now i am having some sight which i want to continue whole life. Vivek On 3/8/12, Renuka Warriar <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2972205.ece > > HYDERABAD, March 8, 2012 > Glaucoma second largest cause of blindness > Special Correspondent > > India has an estimated 11.2 million people suffering from glaucoma > and, of them, 1.1 million are already blind, G. Chandrasekhar, > Director, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) said here on Wednesday. > > He said 90 per cent of glaucoma cases in India and some other > countries remain un-diagnosed while even in advanced countries the > figure was 50 per cent. Half of the cases were simply ‘missed' by > eyecare professionals. > > He was addressing a press conference to announce the ‘Glaucoma > Awareness Week' to be held between March 10 and 17, on the theme of > “Don't let glaucoma darken your life”. > > Sirisha Senthil, a glaucoma specialist at LVPEI, said a training > programme would be held for eyecare professionals at the LVPEI on > March 11 focussing on the need for doctors to take check for glaucoma > even patients came for a normal check-up. > > Anil Kumar Mondal, a child glaucoma specialist, said in most cases, > even grandmothers and auxiliary nurse midwives handling deliveries in > remote areas could make out that all was not well with a newborn's > eyes. Immediate surgery could make a world of difference in such > cases. > > Comments to : [email protected] Copyright © 2012, The Hindu > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
