Keeping wary eye on glaucoma symptoms
China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-31 08:10
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Experts recommend early screening, as of age 40, to reduce the risk of glaucoma. Li Xiang |
The passenger beside you on the bus suddenly disappears from your field of vision, or the pen laid down on the left slips out of sight. Such visual disturbances could be symptoms of glaucoma. The disease results in damage to nerve cells in the retina and the optic nerve.
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