Sentences with phrase «intra-ocular pressure in the eye»
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.
On the surface, the disease appears relatively simple, with high pressure (intra-ocularpressure, or IOP) within the eye associated with the death of cells in the retina and optic nerve dysfunction.