Glaucoma: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve, usually linked to raised eye pressure. Early glaucoma often has no symptoms.
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Glaucoma in India
Glaucoma is diagnosed and treated by ophthalmology specialists. At a first consultation, a specialist can examine you, confirm the cause and explain which treatment suits your case, such as Glaucoma Surgery.
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Specialists by City
| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi NCR | 779 | 816 |
| Bangalore | 368 | 534 |
| Hyderabad | 300 | 668 |
| Mumbai | 285 | 546 |
| Pune | 169 | 337 |
| Ahmedabad | 166 | 1,402 |
| Chennai | 143 | 638 |
| Thane | 128 | 268 |
| Indore | 111 | 95 |
| Aligarh | 99 | 494 |
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| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Kolkata | 92 | 685 |
| Navi Mumbai | 87 | 146 |
| Nagpur | 84 | 145 |
| Amritsar | 82 | 613 |
| Lucknow | 78 | 101 |
| Bhopal | 72 | 92 |
| Bareilly | 70 | 14 |
| Agra | 66 | 763 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 65 | 41 |
| Raipur | 60 | 40 |
| Varanasi | 59 | 61 |
| Chandigarh | 58 | 39 |
| Jaipur | 57 | 174 |
| Kanpur | 57 | 36 |
| Visakhapatnam | 57 | 65 |
| Dehra-dun | 56 | 0 |
| Jabalpur | 56 | 13 |
| Hubli | 55 | 9 |
| Jammu | 55 | 6 |
| Anantapur | 54 | 327 |
| Vijayawada | 54 | 79 |
| Alappuzha | 53 | 293 |
| Ludhiana | 51 | 68 |
| Vadodara | 51 | 76 |
| Mangalore | 50 | 13 |
| Agartala | 49 | 301 |
| Mysore | 49 | 29 |
| Ahmadnagar | 48 | 345 |
| Akola | 48 | 363 |
| Guwahati | 48 | 19 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 47 | 0 |
| Puducherry | 47 | 8 |
| Borivli | 46 | 0 |
| Greater-noida | 45 | 21 |
| Surat | 45 | 85 |
| Thrissur | 45 | 0 |
| Amravati | 43 | 446 |
| Gwalior | 43 | 22 |
| Madurai | 43 | 33 |
| Jalandhar | 42 | 30 |
| Meerut | 42 | 23 |
| Shiliguri | 41 | 0 |
| Coimbatore | 40 | 83 |
| Gorakhpur | 40 | 8 |
| Guntur | 40 | 19 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 40 | 9 |
| Udaipur | 40 | 10 |
| Pimpri-chinchwad | 39 | 9 |
| Bhatpara | 38 | 0 |
| Jodhpur | 37 | 25 |
| Kukatpalli | 36 | 0 |
| Dombivli | 35 | 0 |
| Kollam | 35 | 8 |
| Srinagar | 34 | 9 |
| Howrah | 33 | 16 |
| Ajmer | 32 | 349 |
| Ambattur | 32 | 360 |
| Bhilai | 32 | 2 |
| Moradabad | 32 | 7 |
| Patiala | 32 | 9 |
| Belgaum | 31 | 5 |
| Secunderabad | 31 | 0 |
| Bhavnagar | 29 | 5 |
| Panihati | 29 | 0 |
| Solapur | 29 | 20 |
| Patna | 27 | 269 |
| Prayagraj | 27 | 559 |
| Imphal | 26 | 0 |
| Rajkot | 26 | 41 |
| Bathinda | 25 | 13 |
| Habra | 25 | 0 |
| Kharagpur | 25 | 0 |
| Palakkad | 25 | 8 |
| Hisar | 24 | 19 |
| Kolhapur | 24 | 15 |
| Mathura | 24 | 9 |
| Nashik | 24 | 89 |
| Bhilwara | 23 | 0 |
| Bikaner | 23 | 4 |
| Kamarhati | 23 | 0 |
| Kota | 22 | 6 |
| Nanded | 22 | 6 |
| Ujjain | 22 | 1 |
| Alwar | 21 | 278 |
| Nellore | 21 | 7 |
| Baharampur | 20 | 0 |
| Barddhaman | 20 | 0 |
| Kannur | 20 | 3 |
| Ranchi | 20 | 304 |
| Vellore | 20 | 6 |
| Bhayandar | 19 | 0 |
| Nagercoil | 19 | 2 |
| Brahmapur | 18 | 0 |
| Kozhikode | 18 | 8 |
| Navsari | 18 | 0 |
| Bellary | 17 | 4 |
| Kalyan | 17 | 2 |
| Kurnool | 17 | 6 |
| Jalgaon | 16 | 8 |
| Shivaji-nagar | 16 | 0 |
| Anand | 15 | 227 |
| Durgapur | 15 | 7 |
| Dwarka | 15 | 0 |
| Karol-bagh | 15 | 0 |
| Panaji | 15 | 0 |
| Bhandara | 14 | 2 |
| Bharuch | 14 | 15 |
| Haldwani | 14 | 0 |
| Margao | 14 | 1 |
| Ongole | 14 | 1 |
| Rewa | 14 | 3 |
| Salem | 14 | 22 |
| Karimnagar | 13 | 19 |
| Malegaon | 13 | 0 |
| Nizamabad | 13 | 9 |
| Yavatmal | 13 | 3 |
| Junagadh | 12 | 2 |
| Sangli | 12 | 0 |
| Ulhasnagar | 12 | 0 |
| Aizawl | 11 | 135 |
| Kakinada | 11 | 6 |
| Kottayam | 11 | 10 |
| Kulti | 11 | 3 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 11 | 2 |
| Rampur | 11 | 2 |
| Rohtak | 11 | 13 |
| Valsad | 11 | 2 |
| Begusarai | 10 | 65 |
| Bharatpur | 10 | 2 |
| Dhanbad | 10 | 67 |
| East Delhi | 10 | 0 |
| Malappuram | 10 | 9 |
| Pali | 10 | 3 |
| Saharanpur | 10 | 0 |
| Tirupati | 10 | 4 |
| Davangere | 9 | 0 |
| Hapur | 9 | 2 |
| Ichalkaranji | 9 | 0 |
| Latur | 9 | 4 |
| Muvattupuzha | 9 | 0 |
| Muzaffarpur | 9 | 10 |
| Raurkela | 9 | 2 |
| Ankleshwar | 8 | 157 |
| Asansol | 8 | 330 |
| Bokaro | 8 | 1 |
| Chengannur | 8 | 2 |
| Chikkamagaluru | 8 | 0 |
| Gaya | 8 | 27 |
| Gondia | 8 | 2 |
| Hassan | 8 | 1 |
| Jhansi | 8 | 6 |
| Korba | 8 | 0 |
| Mahbubnagar | 8 | 1 |
| Mumbai Suburban | 8 | 0 |
| Pathanamthitta | 8 | 3 |
| Rajahmundry | 8 | 3 |
| Raniganj | 8 | 2 |
| Ratlam | 8 | 3 |
| Roorkee | 8 | 0 |
| Sagar | 8 | 2 |
| Satara | 8 | 3 |
| Shahjanpur | 8 | 0 |
| Shimoga | 8 | 2 |
| Thanjavur | 8 | 2 |
| Vatakara | 8 | 0 |
| Bhiwandi | 7 | 0 |
| Bidar | 7 | 0 |
| Dhulia | 7 | 0 |
| Eluru | 7 | 0 |
| Firozabad | 7 | 0 |
| Gandhinagar | 7 | 5 |
| Hanamkonda | 7 | 1 |
| Hosur | 7 | 4 |
| Jamnagar | 7 | 6 |
| Karnal | 7 | 9 |
| Mapusa | 7 | 1 |
| Nandyal | 7 | 0 |
| Ponda | 7 | 0 |
| Raichur | 7 | 1 |
| Suryapet | 7 | 0 |
| Tiruppur | 7 | 0 |
| Tumkur | 7 | 5 |
| Yamunanagar | 7 | 7 |
| Bhagalpur | 6 | 78 |
| Daman | 6 | 0 |
| Deoghar | 6 | 73 |
| Dharamshala | 6 | 0 |
| Diu | 6 | 0 |
| Farrukhabad | 6 | 2 |
| Kadapa | 6 | 0 |
| Khammam | 6 | 12 |
| Kochi | 6 | 4 |
| Nadiad | 6 | 1 |
| Parbhani | 6 | 0 |
| Srikakulam | 6 | 4 |
| Adoni | 5 | 82 |
| Aluva | 5 | 0 |
| Itanagar | 5 | 0 |
| Jaisalmer | 5 | 0 |
| Jalna | 5 | 1 |
| Kasaragod | 5 | 1 |
| Katihar | 5 | 42 |
| Kodungallur | 5 | 0 |
| Purnia | 5 | 3 |
| Ratnagiri | 5 | 1 |
| Sikar | 5 | 5 |
| Tiruvannamalai | 5 | 0 |
| Vizianagaram | 5 | 4 |
| Bhuj | 4 | 0 |
| Bilimora | 4 | 0 |
| Chittorgarh | 4 | 0 |
| Dakshina Kannada | 4 | 0 |
| Darbhanga | 4 | 40 |
| Davanagere | 4 | 0 |
| Dewas | 4 | 2 |
| Gandhidham | 4 | 0 |
| Guruvayur | 4 | 0 |
| Hindupur | 4 | 0 |
| Mandya | 4 | 1 |
| Mavoor | 4 | 0 |
| Mumbai City | 4 | 0 |
| Neyyattinkara | 4 | 0 |
| Shimla | 4 | 1 |
| Tenali | 4 | 0 |
| Tirunelveli | 4 | 4 |
| Veraval | 4 | 0 |
| Vidisha | 4 | 0 |
| Warangal | 4 | 5 |
| Yadgir | 4 | 0 |
| Bhadravathi | 3 | 0 |
| Bihar-sharif | 3 | 40 |
| Changanacherry | 3 | 0 |
| Chhindwara | 3 | 0 |
| Dindigul | 3 | 1 |
| Erode | 3 | 3 |
| Gadchiroli | 3 | 0 |
| Godhra | 3 | 0 |
| Hanumangarh | 3 | 0 |
| Haridwar | 3 | 9 |
| Haveri | 3 | 0 |
| Jaunpur | 3 | 0 |
| Kanchipuram | 3 | 5 |
| Khandwa | 3 | 0 |
| Kolar | 3 | 1 |
| Kumbakonam | 3 | 2 |
| Mehsana | 3 | 0 |
| Ottappalam | 3 | 0 |
| Panchkula | 3 | 1 |
| Panipat | 3 | 5 |
| Panna | 3 | 0 |
| Paschim Bardhaman | 3 | 0 |
| Satna | 3 | 1 |
| Shyamnagar | 3 | 0 |
| Sitamarhi | 3 | 1 |
| Sivakasi | 3 | 1 |
| Siwan | 3 | 1 |
| Surendranagar | 3 | 0 |
| Thoothukudi | 3 | 0 |
| Udupi | 3 | 4 |
| Vasco da gama | 3 | 0 |
| Ambala | 2 | 0 |
| Arrah | 2 | 264 |
| Aruppukkottai | 2 | 0 |
| Balaghat | 2 | 0 |
| Ballari | 2 | 1 |
| Bulandshahr | 2 | 0 |
| Chamba | 2 | 0 |
| Chandrapur | 2 | 0 |
| Chitradurga | 2 | 1 |
| Churu | 2 | 0 |
| Cuddalore | 2 | 0 |
| Dispur | 2 | 0 |
| Gadag | 2 | 0 |
| Hooghly | 2 | 0 |
| Kandukur | 2 | 0 |
| Karur | 2 | 2 |
| Koderma | 2 | 1 |
| Leh | 2 | 1 |
| Machilipatnam | 2 | 0 |
| Malda | 2 | 0 |
| Mancherial | 2 | 0 |
| Mansa | 2 | 0 |
| Medchal-Malkajgiri | 2 | 0 |
| Nainital | 2 | 1 |
| Nalgonda | 2 | 0 |
| Nayagarh | 2 | 0 |
| North Goa | 2 | 0 |
| North Lakhimpur | 2 | 0 |
| Palampur | 2 | 0 |
| Patan | 2 | 0 |
| Porbandar | 2 | 0 |
| Proddatur | 2 | 0 |
| Purba Medinipur | 2 | 0 |
| Ramgundam | 2 | 0 |
| Rewari | 2 | 0 |
| Rohtas | 2 | 0 |
| Sangareddy | 2 | 0 |
| Shamli | 2 | 0 |
| Silvassa | 2 | 0 |
| South Goa | 2 | 0 |
| Sri Ganganagar | 2 | 0 |
| Wardha | 2 | 2 |
| Agra Cantt | 1 | 0 |
| Ahmednagar | 1 | 0 |
| Alipurduar | 1 | 0 |
| Ambala Cantt | 1 | 0 |
| Ambikapur | 1 | 0 |
| Anakapalli | 1 | 0 |
| Angul | 1 | 0 |
| Aravalli | 1 | 0 |
| Azamgarh | 1 | 0 |
| Bagalkot | 1 | 0 |
| Balangir | 1 | 0 |
| Balasore | 1 | 0 |
| Ballia | 1 | 0 |
| Banka | 1 | 1 |
| Banswara | 1 | 0 |
| Bapatla | 1 | 0 |
| Baranagar | 1 | 0 |
| Barmer | 1 | 0 |
| Barnala | 1 | 0 |
| Betul | 1 | 0 |
| Bhadrak | 1 | 0 |
| Borgaon | 1 | 0 |
| Buldhana | 1 | 0 |
| Bundi | 1 | 0 |
| Chamarajanagar | 1 | 0 |
| Chapra | 1 | 44 |
| Cherthala | 1 | 2 |
| Chikkaballapur | 1 | 0 |
| Chikodi | 1 | 0 |
| Cuttack | 1 | 11 |
| Datia | 1 | 0 |
| Dausa | 1 | 0 |
| Deoria | 1 | 0 |
| Dhar | 1 | 0 |
| Dhemaji | 1 | 0 |
| Dhubri | 1 | 0 |
| Dhule | 1 | 0 |
| Dibrugarh | 1 | 0 |
| Doddaballapur | 1 | 0 |
| Giridih | 1 | 0 |
| Golaghat | 1 | 0 |
| Gulbarga | 1 | 6 |
| Gumla | 1 | 0 |
| Hazaribag | 1 | 0 |
| Idukki | 1 | 0 |
| Jammalamadugu | 1 | 0 |
| Jamshedpur | 1 | 87 |
| Jharsuguda | 1 | 0 |
| Jhunjhunu | 1 | 0 |
| Jind | 1 | 0 |
| Kaithal | 1 | 0 |
| Kalaburagi | 1 | 0 |
| Kamareddy | 1 | 0 |
| Karauli | 1 | 0 |
| Karwar | 1 | 1 |
| Khairthal-Tijara | 1 | 0 |
| Madhepura | 1 | 0 |
| Mahisagar | 1 | 0 |
| Mandi | 1 | 1 |
| Mandsaur | 1 | 0 |
| Mayurbhanj | 1 | 0 |
| Medhe | 1 | 0 |
| Mohali | 1 | 0 |
| Morbi | 1 | 0 |
| Morena | 1 | 0 |
| Mount_Abu | 1 | 0 |
| Munger | 1 | 7 |
| Murshidabad | 1 | 0 |
| Nalanda | 1 | 0 |
| Namakkal | 1 | 0 |
| Narsinghpur | 1 | 0 |
| Neemuch | 1 | 0 |
| North Dumdum | 1 | 1 |
| North East Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| Osmanabad | 1 | 0 |
| Pandharpur | 1 | 0 |
| Paralakhemundi | 1 | 0 |
| Pauri Garhwal | 1 | 0 |
| Prakasam | 1 | 0 |
| Pratapganj | 1 | 0 |
| Pudukkottai | 1 | 1 |
| Purba Bardhaman | 1 | 0 |
| Purulia | 1 | 1 |
| Ramanagara | 1 | 0 |
| Sabarkantha | 1 | 0 |
| Sambalpur | 1 | 0 |
| Sawai Madhopur | 1 | 0 |
| Shahjahanpur | 1 | 1 |
| Shajapur | 1 | 0 |
| Sheohar | 1 | 0 |
| Shillong | 1 | 1 |
| Shirdi | 1 | 0 |
| Shravasti | 1 | 0 |
| Siddipet | 1 | 0 |
| Silchar | 1 | 0 |
| Sirsa | 1 | 0 |
| Sitapur | 1 | 0 |
| Sivasagar | 1 | 0 |
| Solan | 1 | 1 |
| Sonipat | 1 | 0 |
| South West Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| Sri Muktsar Sahib | 1 | 0 |
| Tinsukia | 1 | 0 |
| Tiruvarur | 1 | 0 |
| Uttar Dinajpur | 1 | 0 |
| Vapi | 1 | 0 |
| Wayanad | 1 | 0 |
| West Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| West Godavari | 1 | 0 |
| West Tripura | 1 | 0 |
| Zunheboto | 1 | 0 |
Treatment Options
| Treatment | Specialist | Cities Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Glaucoma Surgery | Ophthalmology | 423 |
Ophthalmology hospitals
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
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Ophthalmology Hospitals in India
1,341 hospitals are listed for this speciality. The 8 hospitals with the most listed surgeons are shown.
| Hospital | City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital | Kolkata | 52 |
| Centre For Sight | Delhi NCR | 49 |
| ICARE Eye Hospital | Delhi NCR | 34 |
| Vasan Eye Care Hospital | Chennai | 21 |
| Vasan Eye Care Hospital | Bangalore | 18 |
| Shroff Eye Centre | Delhi NCR | 18 |
| Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital | Hyderabad | 18 |
| Centre for Sight | Delhi NCR | 16 |
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Causes
- Raised eye pressure
- Family history
- Age
- Long-term steroid use
Diagnosis
- Eye pressure measurement
- Optic nerve examination
- Visual field test and OCT
When to see a doctor
Have regular eye checks after 40; seek emergency care for sudden painful red eye with blurred vision.
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FAQs
What are the common symptoms of Glaucoma?
Often none early on; Gradual loss of side vision; Sudden eye pain, redness and blurred vision (acute glaucoma).
What causes Glaucoma?
Raised eye pressure; Family history; Age; Long-term steroid use.
How is Glaucoma diagnosed?
Eye pressure measurement; Optic nerve examination; Visual field test and OCT.
What are the treatment options?
Depending on severity, options include Glaucoma Surgery. A specialist will recommend what suits you after examination.
When should I see a doctor?
Have regular eye checks after 40; seek emergency care for sudden painful red eye with blurred vision.