Glaucoma is a type of eye disease that causes damage to the optic nerves which in turn leads to loss of vision that is permanent when left untreated. In most of the cases this condition is caused by the rise in the intraocular pressure of the aqueous humor, which is the fluid in the eye. This deadly condition has earned the nickname of being the “silent thief of sight” as the loss in vision often occurs very gradually and over a period of time and the condition is often identified only in the advanced stages. In most of the cases of glaucoma the loss of vision is so slow that patients only realize that there is a problem when they have completely lost their vision. Glaucoma is in fact one of the second most popular causes for blindness.

There are different types of glaucoma namely, the chronic or open angle glaucoma, the acute glaucoma or the angle closure glaucoma, the congenital glaucoma and the secondary glaucoma. While the open angle glaucoma progresses at a slow rate, the close angle glaucoma often is painful and appears suddenly causing loss of vision quickly. The congenital glaucoma often runs in families and is a condition that is present at birth and the secondary glaucoma is caused due to consumption of certain drugs.

Conventional Surgery to Treat Glaucoma

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The human eye has two main areas, known as the anterior segment which is in the front and is filled with the aqueous humor, a clear watery fluid and the posterior segment at the back that is filled with the vitreous humor. The usually intraocular pressure, which is the pressure within the eye, is often between 12mmHg and 20mmHg and usually when the intraocular pressure rises in the eye, it leads to number of complex medical conditions with glaucoma being one of them.

Infection and inflammation of the glaucoma Bleb

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Glaucoma refers to the group of complex conditions that occurs due to the damage of the optic nerve, which mostly happens due to the increase in thee pressure in the eye. However there have been cases where people with low intraocular pressure have also developed glaucoma. There are different types of glaucoma. Given below are some details on the same.

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Chest cold is the most common health conditions, following are the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the Chest cold.

What is Chest Cold?

Chest cold is the congestion of the Chest due to the Cold. It is an infectious disease which is also known as “Acute Bronchitis”.

Symptoms of Chest Cold

Following are the symptoms of Chest Cold

1. Wet Cough

   The Bronchial Infection and Inflammation causes Wet Cough that involves Yellow or White colored Phlegm. It is the main symptom of the Chest cold.

   

   Acute Bronchitis

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Triploidy is a Chromosomal disorder that is considered as a nightmare for the parents who are expecting.

What is Triploidy Syndrome?

It is an uncommon disorder in which a baby is born with the 69 Chromosome instead of 46.  The people are mostly born with the sets of 23 Chromosome or total 46 Chromosomes.

The people with the Triploidy birth have an extra set of Chromosome in their body. Greater amount of Chromosome can give raise to many defects and it can result in the developmental problems.

Polyploid

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In some cases, this condition can also lead to the death.

Names of Triploidy

Triploidy is also known as

• Triploidy Symdrome

• Triploid Mixoploidy

• 3n Syndrome

• 3n Mixoploidy

• Chromosome Trioloidy Syndrome

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What is Diplopia?

Diplopia is also known as Double Vision. It occurs when an individual sees 2 or more images of the same object. Diplopia is different from the blurred vision where a single object appears to be unclear.

The vision in humans is single Binocular vision. This means that the images from both the Eyes are recorded and processed by the Nervous System but it makes a single image. An interruption in this process can make a double vision.

The double vision may be present in 1 Eye known as Monocular or 2 images can be made from both the Eyes together known as Binocular.

Physiological Diplopia

Diplopia can be a normal phenomenon, for example, when focusing on an object that that is close up, another object in the distance can appear double. This is known as Physiological Diplopia. It is generally not noticed because the Brain has the power to suppress these double images.

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