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.
Cataracts are the leading cause
of blindness in the world today, and are the leading cause of impaired vision in New Zealand, with a large percentage of the elderly population exhibiting some signs of this eye lesion.
A small parasitic worm is one of the leading causes
of blindness in the world.
The World Health Organization reports that glaucoma is the second leading cause
of blindness in the world.
Age - related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes
of blindness in the world but its genetics is still unclear.
He instituted research programs, the first of which was glaucoma, and he became known as an expert on the disease, one of the leading causes
of blindness in the world.