1) Glaucoma is:

A)
Inherited
B)
Treatable when caught early
C)
Silent in it’s early stages
D) All
of the above

Answer:
D.

2)
Glaucoma:

 
A) Better known as “lazy eye”, usually requires patching of the
better seeing eye.
 
B) Is an inflammation of the eyelids that can cause chronic eye irritation,
tearing, foreign body sensation
 
     and crusty debris.
 
C) Causes a sensation of looking through shattered glass.
 
D) Causes the loss of the peripheral (side) vision first.

Answer
D. But by the time a person is able to notice, damage has been done to the
optic nerve.

3) New
surgical procedures can restore almost 30% of lost vision.

 
A) True
 
B) False

ANSWER
B) False. Once the nerve is damaged, today, there is no way to repair it.