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Glaucoma


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Glaucoma

Overview and Facts

Glaucoma refers to a group of disorders that lead to damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that carries visual information from the eye to the brain.

Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the United States. There are four major types of glaucoma:

  • Angle-closure (acute) glaucoma
  • Congenital glaucoma
  • Open-angle (chronic) glaucoma * the most common type of glaucoma
  • Secondary glaucoma

 

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1200 Eastgate Dr SE Rochester, Minnesota 55904 Phone: 507-252-0555
627 4th Street NW Faribault, Minnesota 55021 Phone: 507-334-2602
111 3rd Ave NE Austin, Minnesota 55912 Phone: 507-433-9000