To see more test results, click on the picture. It is a group of diseases that causes damage to the eye's optic nerves leading to impaired vision or blindness. Approximately 2,500,000 people have some degree of visual loss from glaucoma. Glaucoma affects people of all ages and all races.
Most patients have no symptoms from glaucoma.
By the time a person notices visual loss, damage from glaucoma is ususally advanced. It does not require dilation. The GDx machine is able to detect glaucoma long before other exams can. The GDx machine is able to more accurately measure the progression or stabilization of glaucoma. It is also able to assist in evaluating the effectiveness of the medicines used to treat your glaucoma.