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Did you or a relative have any of the risk factors for glaucoma when diagnosed? If so, what were they?

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What are glaucoma risk factors?

Glaucoma is often called "the sneak thief of sight." This is because, as already mentioned, in most cases, the intraocular pressure can build up and destroy sight without causing obvious symptoms. Thus, awareness and early detection of glaucoma are extremely important because this disease can be successfully treated when diagnosed early. While everyone is at risk for glaucoma, certain people are at a much higher risk and need to be checked more frequently by their eye doctor. The major risk factors for glaucoma include the following:

  • Age over 45 years


  • Family history of glaucoma


  • Black racial ancestry


  • Diabetes


  • History of elevated intraocular pressure


  • Nearsightedness (high degree of myopia), which is the inability to see distant objects clearly


  • History of injury to the eye


  • Use of cortisone (steroids), either in the eye or systemically (orally or injected)


  • Farsightedness (hyperopia), which is seeing distant objects better than close ones (Farsighted people may have narrow drainage angles, which predispose them to acute [sudden] attacks of angle-closure glaucoma.)
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