What Is Glaucoma?
9. Treatment
Treatment for glaucoma is generally aimed at controlling intraocular pressure and to maintain it at a healthy level. Available treatments include eye drops, microsurgery, and laser surgery. If eye drops are used, they work by increasing fluid outflow or reducing the collection of fluid in the eye. Typical eyedrops used to treat glaucoma include prostaglandin analogues, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, cholinergic agents, and beta blockers.
When microsurgery is performed, it creates a new channel for draining fluid from the eye to ease intraocular pressure. A tiny tube might be inserted for this purpose. Similar to microsurgery, laser surgery opens up the blocked drainage to allow outflow of fluid so as to reduce intraocular pressure.
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