Prevention is the Best Measure.
Approximately 80,000 people are totally blind from glaucoma. Approximately 1,200,000 more have some degree of visual loss Approximately 250,000 people are blind in one eye. Some 20 million people in the U.S. are susceptible. Glaucoma affects people of all ages and all races. Most blindness from glaucoma is needless and could have been prevented if detected and treated in time Most patients have no symptoms from glaucoma.