Glaucoma

Glaucoma The most common eye disease of the eyelid is a sty, which is an infection of the eyelashes. Several congenital defects of the eyelids occur, including coloboma, or cleft eyelid, and ptosis, a drooping of the upper lid. (Eye 4) Defects to the eye are in inner surface of the eyelid to the eyeball, which usually burns. The eyelids are skin diseases such as eczema and acne and malignant tumors. The mucous membranes covering the …showed first 75 words of 583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 583 total…birth, is the result of defective development of the structures of the eye (Glaucoma 2). Surgery is required for correction. Congenital glaucoma is hereditary. Not everyone who has glaucoma has an elevated pressure, but even people with a normal pressure can still develop glaucoma. Ten to 21 is considered normal, while people with pressures as high as 29 never see signs of the disease. Approximately one-eighth of all blindness in the U.S. is due to glaucoma (Glaucoma 1).