{"id":7271,"date":"2022-09-23T11:05:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2022-09-29T07:35:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T07:35:31","slug":"an-advanced-device-for-glaucoma-therapy-can-reduce-eye-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/senior-health\/an-advanced-device-for-glaucoma-therapy-can-reduce-eye-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"An advanced device for glaucoma therapy can reduce eye pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-7273\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210645\/P.3-Glaukos-Half-Page-Bottom-Headshot-graham-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210645\/P.3-Glaukos-Half-Page-Bottom-Headshot-graham-1.png 250w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210645\/P.3-Glaukos-Half-Page-Bottom-Headshot-graham-1-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Mr Eamonn O\u2019Donoghue<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Glaucoma Specialist, University Hospital, Galway<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Glaucoma is a serious and progressive eye disease which, left untreated, can lead to blindness. It can be difficult to detect without an eye test as most types of glaucoma have no symptoms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<div id=\"healt-3993064023\"><div class=\"healt-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div id=\"healt-2208169185\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Glaukos desk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210642\/Glaukos-desk.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"750\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glaucoma<\/a> is most frequently caused by an increase in eye pressure when the fluid produced cannot drain out adequately. Damage to the optic nerve is irreversible, so early diagnosis is crucial. Lowering eye pressure is the most effective way to control glaucoma and the only proven treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happens-after-diagnosis\"><strong>What happens after diagnosis?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once diagnosed, the most common treatment is prescription eye drops, which will help to either reduce fluid production or increase the drainage of fluid from the eye. However, a significant proportion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">glaucoma patients<\/a> may have poor adherence to their eye drops. This can be due to side effects of the medication, complicated dosing requirements or a lack of understanding about the need to continually treat this disease.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Lowering eye pressure is the most effective way to control glaucoma and the only proven treatment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Treatment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iStent\u00ae <em>inject <\/em>W<\/a>, a trabecular micro-bypass surgery, at the same time as cataract surgery has the triple benefit of improving sight \u2014 reducing eye pressure and helping the comfort and health of the ocular surface.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"healt-3350266203\"><div class=\"healt-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div id=\"healt-960093430\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Glaukos desk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210642\/Glaukos-desk.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"750\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Treatment for glaucoma<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trabecular micro-bypass surgery comprises microscopic 0.36mm stents which are implanted into the eye. The surgery is quick, safe and can be performed under needle-less anaesthetic at the same time as cataract surgery or as a separate procedure. It can be a good alternative treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stents work by helping to restore the eye\u2019s natural fluid outflow which, in turn, reduces eye pressure. An international study has shown that 72% of patients who were treated with this no longer need to take glaucoma medication after 12 months.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#32373c;background-color:#eb696c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-notice ab-font-size-18 ab-block-notice\" data-id=\"5e5432\"><div class=\"ab-notice-text\" style=\"border-color:#eb696c\"><p>For more details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.glaukos.com\/en-uk<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-button ab-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaukos.com\/en-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ab-button ab-button-shape-rounded ab-button-size-medium fb-pixel\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#66c3a4\">Click here to learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:11px\"><strong>[1]<\/strong> European Glaucoma Society Terminology and Guidelines for Glaucoma, 4<sup>th<\/sup> Edition.&nbsp;British Journal of Ophthalomogy 2017.201<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glaucoma is a serious and progressive eye disease which, left untreated, can lead to blindness. It can be difficult to detect without an eye test as most types of glaucoma have no symptoms. Glaucoma is most frequently caused by an increase in eye pressure when the fluid produced cannot drain out adequately. Damage to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/senior-health\/an-advanced-device-for-glaucoma-therapy-can-reduce-eye-pressure\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":7277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5746],"tags":[5747],"class_list":["post-7271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senior-health","tag-senior-health-q3-2022"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210644\/GettyImages-1317159507-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2022\/09\/07210644\/GettyImages-1317159507-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Carolina Galbraith Duarte","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/carolinagalbraithduarte\/"},"vicky_category_order":[{"category_id":5746,"order":"1"}],"vicky_index_order":"14","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7271"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7353,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7271\/revisions\/7353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}