The Best Glaucoma Treatment Comes from Maine Optometry
Maine Optometry prides itself on giving an eye exam you can’t find anywhere else. Our skilled doctors dive a little deeper and get to know you on a personal level to identify potential issues. If you’re diagnosed with glaucoma, our experienced providers will customize a management plan and continuously monitor your vision. We’ll also connect you with a trusted surgeon if you require surgical glaucoma treatment!
What Is Glaucoma?
As the second leading cause of blindness, glaucoma is a very serious eye condition that requires early detection and prompt care to achieve the best outcomes. Although there are many types of glaucoma, they all lead to high eye pressure, damage to your optic nerve, and vision loss. Our highly skilled eye doctors will evaluate your symptoms, risk factors, and diagnostic results to detect issues as early as possible so we can start you on a customized management plan.
Symptoms
Glaucoma is commonly known as the “silent thief of sight” due to the irreversible damage that takes place before noticeable symptoms emerge. It’s crucial to seek immediate attention from your optometrist if you encounter symptoms such as rainbow-colored halos around lights, eye pain or eye pressure, redness, nausea and vomiting, headaches, and distorted vision.
Risk Factors
Although patients of any age can get glaucoma, your risk of developing the condition increases with your age. You’re also nearly twice as likely to develop glaucoma if you have diabetes. Other risk factors include high internal eye pressure, a family history of glaucoma, farsightedness or nearsightedness, high or very low blood pressure, previous eye injuries, and thin corneas.
Our Advanced Tech
Means Early Diagnosis
Our Maine Optometry doctors practice at a high level at every location, meaning we adopt the industry’s best technology and proudly implement it into your eye care experience. Some tools we use to detect glaucoma include dilated eye exams to view your optic nerve in the back of the eye, an OCT scan to check optic nerve changes, or the use of our Tono-Pen or Goldman Applanation Tonometry to measure your eye pressure. You can rest assured that if you have glaucoma, our specialists will find it!
Meeting All Your Eye Care Needs and Exceeding Your Expectations
Our Maine Optometry doctors are devoted to going above and beyond for our patients. At all seven of our locations, we offer everything you need to maintain your vision and eye health. Our highly trained doctors and team use top-of-the-line equipment to conduct thorough eye exams, ensuring early detection and treatment of eye diseases like glaucoma. Visit any of our seven locations to take proactive steps toward addressing your glaucoma and achieving optimal results!
