The eye is the organ responsible for the vision. The eye is made up of millions of sensitive neurons, which, if disturbed, may result in loss of vision. One of the serious problems that may occur to the eye is eye pressure. What is eye pressure? What causes it? What are its symptoms? How can it be cured?
eye pressure
The pressure of the eye is called the water pressure, and the pressure of the eye results from the pressure of the fluid inside the eye. This fluid is similar to the plasma structure, but contains a small amount of protein, which is between the cornea and the lens of the eye.
When a person is under eye pressure, he or she may become blind in the worst case, or cause permanent damage to the optic nerve.
Eye fluid is responsible for moisturizing the eye. Eye fluid is responsible for nourishing some internal parts of the eye. It is responsible for eye pressure, which is free from contaminants and bacteria because it never comes out of the eye.
Causes of high eye pressure
- Use droplets containing cortisone for a long time.
- Occurrence of recurrent infections in the iris.
- The presence of internal tumors in the eye.
- The presence of white water within the eye and its progression.
- Occlusion of a central vein in the retina.
- Genetic causes.
- A person over the age of 60 is very vulnerable to high eye pressure.
- The presence of health diseases such as: lack of thyroid secretions, or the presence of diabetes.
- People with nearsightedness are very prone to high eye pressure.
- The presence of diseases in the eye cause high eye pressure, such as: tumors of the eye, inflammation of the iris or cornea, moving the lens of the eye, and do some eye surgery.
Symptoms of high pressure eye
Open-angle glaucoma
- Feeling sharp pain in the eye.
- Very red in the eye.
- Feeling of pain in the head.
- When looking directly at the light show the colors of the rainbow.
- Vision disorder.
Glaucoma is closed
The symptoms of closed-angle glaucoma are the same as the symptoms of open-angle glaucoma, resulting in some complications if not treated:
- The vision becomes unclear as if the person is looking at a tunnel.
- Loss of sight.
- The presence of blind spot in the field of external vision.
How to treat eye pressure
- Treatment by medication: Drugs are used either orally or by droplets to increase the discharge of water mixing, but this treatment is not considered a cure, but it leads to the loss of vision and the lack of development of the disease.
- Treatment by surgery: either by laser operations or normal operations to increase the discharge of water mixing out.