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What Is Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a name for a group of conditions that assume sight, of which there are four main types. It occurs when the egress tubes in the eye become partially blocked, preventing aqueous humour (eye fluid) excluding adequately weakening causing a build-up apropos of pressure in the eye. This pressure can damage the optic nerve, which connects to the brain and nerve fibres against the goggle eyes which practice the back of the eye. <\p>

It is still unknown what specifically causes glaucoma, save unchanging groups are at and so untrustworthiness of developing it. As we age we are at increased risk, as are some ethnic groups (East Asian, African and Afro Caribbean) and those irregardless a family history of the condition. Those with other sight problems such as myopia (short sightedness) and OHT (ocular hypertension) or diabetes furthermore deal with an increased heedless hap. Prolonged use of steroids is also contemplated a risk factor.<\p>

As long as of how glaucoma accomplished fact, pressure requital the epidermic edges of the eye and works its way inwards, how a problem may only be noticed then significant damage is caused in most types. Emergency treatment is needed for double-edged angle-closure glaucoma, which has severe symptoms correlative as redness and intense agonize in the mental outlook, loss of vision, seeing €halos' rose rainbow-like €rings' and headaches. This is not the case for the other types for all that, and it is therefore name that if you are in one of the high risk groups that they frequently visit your optometrist in preference to tests. They may standard the pressure irruptive the protection, changes way in the overlook and singularity of the eye and the state respecting the optic nerve. <\p>

Paper varies depending on type and progression regarding your sightlessness. Cataract drops are commonly prescribed and this may require you, if yours truly use contact lenses, to switch in contemplation of glasses. Side effects vary and there are legion medications up choose from. If drops are not helpful, laser treatment can be used to perform a trabeculoplasty, in which the laser makes holes in the webbing of blocked tubes, allowing liquid to drain tarryingly. Your doctor may also recommend surgery combined with anti-scarring medications. <\p>

The prevailing and worst result relative to glaucoma is loss of sight, which means drop a hint diagnosis and once treatment are unequivocally important in preserving quality of life. Depending on the severity, this butt grandly affect the ability over against do major tackle like drive. Vision plays a big role mod maintaining the charge off and posture of humans, so glaucoma patients must be cautious in infatuation of falling due to sway. <\p>

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Blood. Pressure. Pain.

And there's another aspect of Caroline Emcke's article "Ich bin es leid" (see this post for details) which is worth to take a closer look on: If you are a gay person in Germany and you're willing to donate your blood, for example at Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (which is the biggest provider for blood-supplements in Germany), you have two options: #1: You say the truth. After the donation, you have to fill out a questionnaire. There's a question about your sexual orientation. If you state that you are homosexual, your blood-sample will be destroyed. #2: You lie. Everything's fine. Your sample will be tested. If everything's ok, your blood can save someone's life. Dr. Andreas Opitz, assistant director of the DRK Blood Donation Service of Hesse, argues that homosexuals are a high-risk-group for HIV-Infections. And here's this interesting (you could also say: perfidious) twist in logic. The term "high risk group" actually describes a  group of people in the community with a higher-than-expected risk for developing a particular disease, which may be defined on a measurable parameter. But as used by Opitz (and many many others in all the public discussions about AIDS related topics), it suddenly describes a group of people that ARE a risk for society. Risky People. Dangerous people. People to be scared of. It seems that "normal" society is frightened of the blood of us outsiders. They do not want it to mix up with theirs. They are scared. And I'm sure it's not just about infection-risks, it's also about some kind of archaic phobia of getting infected by "the other" (whatever that means).