Glaucoma

[Sarah]

Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution oftransparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media ofthe eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with markedincrease of tension within the eyeball.

[Sarah]

1. An eye disease that causes blindness and can be treated with weed.

2. A good excuse.

[Sarah]

A disease in the eye where the vessels in the back become gradually constricted prohibiting fluid to exit the eye easily.
Over time, this gradual build-up of fluid begins to cause damage to the nerves in the eye, which is irreversible.
The first signs of glaucoma are frequent headaches which become worse and more common as time goes on without treatment.
A common misconception is that the ONLY cure for Glaucoma is marijuana. Yes, that is an option, for weak hearted druggies. The COMMON way to treat glaucoma is by a series of eye drops which go into the effected eye once, or twice, a day.
Common Eye Drops to Treat Glaucoma are as followed:
Cosopt
Xalatan
Lumigan
Alphagan
Note; Glaucoma currently has no cure, it can only be controlled.

[Sarah]

A sexual term used when a man cums in a woman's eye. The term is used because it describes giving someone hazy vision.

[Justin Bieber]

Glaucoma is progressive optic nerve damage (often, but not always, associated with increased eye pressure) that leads to irreversible loss of vision.

Damage to the optic nerve can occur when pressure within the eye increases.
Usually, the vision loss occurs so slowly that it may not be noticed for a long time.
People at risk should have a complete eye examination, including measurement of eye pressures and testing of side (peripheral) vision.
Eye pressure needs to be controlled throughout life, usually with eye drops but sometimes with eye surgery.

Almost 3 million people in the United States and 64 million people worldwide have glaucoma. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide and the second most common cause of blindness in the United States, where it is the leading cause of blindness among people of African ethnicity and Hispanics. Only half of the people who have glaucoma know they do. Glaucoma can occur at any age but is 6 times more common among people over age 60.
People at highest risk are those with any of the following:

Age older than 40
African ethnicity
Family members who have (or had) the disease
Nearsightedness (in open-angle glaucoma) or farsightedness (in closed-angle glaucoma)
Diabetes
High blood pressure
Long-term use of corticosteroids
Previous eye injury or surgery

Glaucoma occurs when an imbalance in production and drainage of fluid in the eye (aqueous humor) increases eye pressure to unhealthy levels. Normally the aqueous fluid, which nourishes the eye, is produced by the ciliary body behind the iris (in the posterior chamber) and flows through the pupil to the front of the eye (anterior chamber), where it exits into drainage canals between the iris and cornea (the “angle”). When functioning properly, the system works like a faucet (ciliary body) and a drain in a sink (drainage canals). Balance between fluid production and drainage—between an open faucet and a properly draining sink—keeps the fluid flowing freely and prevents pressure in the eye from building up.
In glaucoma, the drainage canals become clogged, blocked, or covered. Fluid cannot leave the eye even though new fluid is being produced in the posterior chamber. In other words, the sink “backs up” while the faucet is still running. Because there is nowhere in the eye for the fluid to go, pressure in the eye increases. When the pressure becomes higher than the optic nerve can tolerate, damage to the optic nerve occurs. This damage is called glaucoma.
Sometimes eye pressure increases within the range of normal but is nonetheless too high for the optic nerve to tolerate (called low-tension glaucoma or normal-tension glaucoma). In the United States, about one third of people who have glaucoma have low-tension glaucoma. Low-tension glaucoma is more common among Asians.
In most people, the cause of glaucoma is not known. When the cause of glaucoma is not known, it is called primary glaucoma. When the cause of glaucoma is known, it is called secondary glaucoma. Causes of secondary glaucoma include infection, inflammation, tumors, large cataracts, surgery for cataracts, drugs, or other conditions. These causes keep the fluid from draining freely, which leads to increased eye pressure and optic nerve damage.

[Sommer]

A condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight.