Does Diabetes 2 Cause Glaucoma
Health Encyclopedia: Glaucoma Highlights
Highlights
Drug Approval
Bimatoprost (Lumigan) has been approved as a first-line treatment for open-angle glaucoma.
Glaucoma Cases Increasing Worldwide
About 60 million people worldwide will have glaucoma by 2010, and the number will increase to nearly 80 million by 2010, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Weightlifting May Increase Glaucoma Risk
Weightlifting can cause a temporary increase in intraocular eye pressure (IOP), and holding your breath while lifting weigh...
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Health Guide
Glaucoma: Risk Factors
...risk.Having Certain Medical Disorders. Individuals with certain medical or physical conditions, including diabetes, migraine, nearsightedness, and sleep apnea, appear to have a higher risk.... Read more »Glaucoma: References
...13;296(10):1284-5.Pasquale LR, Kang JH, Manson JE, Willett WC, Rosner BA, Hankinson SE. Prospective study of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in women.... Read more »Glaucoma: Causes
...cornea.Neovascular Glaucoma. Neovascular glaucoma is always associated with other disorders, usually diabetes, that result in abnormal formation of new blood vessels on the iris and in the... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
Long-Term ComplicationsType 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates... Read more »Glaucoma: Diagnosis
...ages 20 - 39 should have eye examinations every 3 - 5 years.Other people at higher risk (people with diabetes, history of eye injuries, a family history of glaucoma, or those taking corticosteroid... Read more »Images
Medications
...sugar when used in combination with certain other diabetes medications (pioglitazone,... Read more »
...Beta-blocker medications (e.g., metoprolol, propranolol, glaucoma eye drops such as timolol) may... Read more »
...Beta-blocker medications (e.g., metoprolol, propranolol, glaucoma eye drops such as timolol) may... Read more »
...Effects section.) Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or... Read more »
...corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone) decongestants other diabetes drugs (e.g., glyburide,... Read more »
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