DiagnosIs of Glaucoma:

• Early diagnosis is the key to prevention of blindness from glaucoma. People who are 40 or older should have a yearly dilated eye examination.

• Glaucoma can be diagnosed by a simple and painless measurement of pressure in the eye. This test is called tonometry. In congenital type, sensitivity to light, redness of the eye and haziness are the main symptoms. Congenital glaucoma affects more boys than girls.

• Another test called the Arden Screening Test is used to confirm the diagnosis of glaucoma it is a color test which shows vision changes that occur before problems appear.

• The progression of glaucoma is monitored with regular visual field tests and optic nerve photography.