by Brett Neal, OD | Feb 28, 2023 | Eye Care, Glaucoma, macular degeneration
Visual field loss, or visual field defects, occur when there are areas of the vision which are blacked or grayed out. Often, this is due to a problem within the eye or the brain that results in a loss of part of the vision. Within the eye, conditions like glaucoma and...
by Brett Neal, OD | Dec 19, 2022 | Glaucoma
The most common first-line treatment for glaucoma is to use an eye drop called a prostaglandin analog. There are several different medications in this class of medications. The purpose of these medications is to increase the drainage of fluid from the front of the eye...
by Brett Neal, OD | Dec 20, 2021 | Glaucoma, Medical Conditions
Every time you visit the eye doctor you get your eye pressure checked and asked questions about a family history for glaucoma. What exactly is glaucoma and why are eye doctors so obsessed with it? Ocular Anatomy Before we dive into understating glaucoma, it...
by Brett Neal, OD | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Glaucoma
Glaucoma is known as the “silent eye disease” because progression of the disease slowly steals peripheral vision. In many cases, people do not realize the effects of the condition until a significant amount of irreversible vision loss has occurred. The...
by Brett Neal, OD | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Eye Care, Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a progressive disease that affects the optic nerve of the eye. The optic nerve is responsible for sending information from the eye to the brain. Continued damage to the optic nerve due can eventually lead to vision loss. Glaucoma...
