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Current treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) require eye injections approximately every 4 – 8 weeks. Learn about a potential new treatment that may require less frequent injections.
The purpose of a visual field test, often called a perimetry exam, is to detect changes in peripheral vision. Learn more.
Some forms of glaucoma cause pain. Others do not. Discover the differences here.
Learn about the causes and treatments for Neovascular Glaucoma, a secondary form marked by abnormal blood vessel growth leading to raised eye pressure and potential vision loss
Learn about a form of glaucoma that results from pigment granules that flake off from the iris (the colored part of the eye) and clog the eye's drainage system, thereby resulting in high eye pressure, and subsequent damage to the optic nerve.
There are many effective and different treatments for open-angle glaucoma, but the one unifying concept is that all current treatments are designed to lower eye pressure.
