Sentences with phrase «damage to the optic nerve»

Regular intakes of selenium combined with zinc could help with protecting against glaucoma, which can ultimately result in damage to the optic nerve and blindness.

The outcome is an obstruction to the normal flow of aqueous humor through the trabecular meshwork, which can result in a sudden increase in intraocular pressure, quickly causing irreversible damage to the optic nerve leading to blindness [68,69].

Medicated eye drops taken daily or twice daily can lower internal eye pressure to help prevent damage to the optic nerve.

Ivermectin, the established drug which successfully treats the infection, is known to be effective against minor damage caused to the front of the eye by the worm, but until now scientists had very little clear evidence about the drug's role in preventing more serious effects of infection, in particular damage to the optic nerve.

We have preliminary evidence that this is also true in the retina after damage to the optic nerve.

However, there is no obvious damage to the optic nerve as detected by an eye examination, optic nerve imaging, or evidence of visual field change.

This high pressure can have severe side effects including damage to the optic nerve, which can result in blindness.

Glaucoma is described as an increase in pressure within the eye and if left untreated can cause irreversible damage to the optic nerve.

Prolonged use may result in damage to the optic nerve, glaucoma defects in visual acuity and field of vision, as well as formation of posterior subcapsular cataract.

When someone suffers a head trauma, sometimes there is damage to the optic nerve that is responsible for passing information between the eyes and the brain.

A leading cause of blindness in the world especially for the elderly, glaucoma is caused by high intra-ocular pressure in the eye which then leads to damage to the optic nerve.

They found that the mice can develop damage to the optic nerve despite normal pressure in the eye following KPro surgery and identified TNFa and IL - 1 as inflammatory factors involved in this process, with high levels of TNFa mediating the damage to the optic nerve.

That connection may benefit those who have lost vision because of damage in the structures between the eye and the brain — the loss of an eye through trauma, for instance, or damage to the optic nerve.

Glaucoma is a common condition in which the fluid pressure inside your pet's eye increases, resulting in damage to the optic nerve, followed by loss of vision and blindness.

Glaucoma is a common condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eye increases, resulting in damage to the optic nerve, followed by loss of vision and blindness.

Specialist Veterinary attention must be found immediately, otherwise the damage to the optic nerve becomes irreversible.

Veterinary attention must be found immediately otherwise the damage to the optic nerve becomes irreversible.

The eyeball is filled with fluid called aqueous humor this fluid keeps the eye in shape and provides nutrients to the tissues within the eye it drains away naturally but when a dog suffers from Glaucoma the drainage is inhibited putting increased pressure on the eye, damage to the optic nerve and eventually loss of vision.