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Testing for Glaucoma and Catching It Early

September 02, 2011 @ 12:35 PM — by Lisa Marten M.D.

At your regular eye check-up, your doctor will want to test your eyes for glaucoma, a disease that causes the presssure in your eyes to become so high that it damages your optic nerve and causes a loss in vision permanently. So how will they test you for glaucoma? You know the answer, you just don't know you know.

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